#99: Taxon Names and Identifiers
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Reporter: lowry | Owner: cf-conventions@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: high | Milestone:
Component: cf-conventions | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by jonathan):
Dear Roy and Martin
Regarding point (1) above, I think the initial proposal is consistent with
CF. `taxon_identifier` and `taxon_name` are both string-valued auxiliary
coordinate variables of the data variable of `abundance`, with the same
single dimension `taxon`, which implicitly associates them. Martin's
suggestion has the `coordinates` attribute on `name`, which is an
auxiliary coordinate variable. That isn't consistent with CF, since only
data variables have this attribute, so it would require a new convention
and implies a change to the CF data model. I think that's a problem and
would favour the initial proposal.
Cheers
Jonathan
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