Dear All, Velimir and I have been working on creating the new table of standardized area_type strings as agreed under trac ticket 17. The table lists the values permitted in variables with a standard_name of area_type. To view version 1 of the table please go to http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-standard-names/area-type-table/cur rent/area-type-table. Clicking on the individual table entries will reveal explanatory text, although currently there is only help available for the two new floating_ice strings. Please let us know if you have any comments about the format of the table.
For ease of reference, there is also now a link from the area_type description text in the html version of the standard_name table to the new area_type table. At the top of the standard name table a link has been created to the standard name Guidelines document. This has been done with the intention of giving greater prominence on the website to the existence of the Guidelines. The html copy of the standard name table has been rebuilt to add the new links, but this in no way affects the contents of the table which remains at version 11. There are no changes to the xml version of the table. Velimir has converted the standard name Guidelines document to the docbook format (similar to the conventions document) and this hopefully will make it more navigable. In addition, we have introduced version numbering of the Guidelines. This is in response to the fact that there has been a number of recent changes to the document and it looks likely that there will be more in the future. The Guidelines are currently at version 1 and this number will be incremented each time a change is made. If you have any comments regarding any of the above, please send them to the list. Best wishes, Alison ==> Please note new email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== ------ J Alison Pamment Tel: +44 1235 778065 NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre Fax: +44 1235 446314 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, U.K. -- Scanned by iCritical. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
