My preference is also for natural English, so am happy with Jonathan's suggestion. I was just pointing out, rather than supporting, the consistency issue.
Cheers, Roy. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Gregory [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gregory Sent: 02 December 2010 15:37 To: Lowry, Roy K. Cc: Lauret Olivier; Laurence Crosnier; [email protected]; Cristina Tronconi; Bruce Hackett; [email protected]; Thomas LOUBRIEU; Lia Santoleri; Philippe Garnesson Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Standard name request for ocean colour and iceberg concentration > I had the same gut reaction as you and almost came up with the same response > until I read the definition "Content indicates a quantity per unit area" on > 369 Standard Names. So, perhaps Olivier is being consistent and tha handful > of 'per_unit_area" Standard Names are not. I think Olivier is being consistent, but we have synonymous phrases, and in this case I feel that such freedom is useful! We can't make standard names completely systematic, because they also have to be reasonably natural English, I would say. Jonathan -- This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
