Mike, thanks for response. I agree with all of your points. My suggestion to inch CF towards supporting netCDF4 files with data only in the root group was simply to get the process started. Baby steps.
To the CF group in general, how can I help to introduce groups into the CF conventions? And also extend CF to HDF5? What's the first step I need to take? Cheers, -Corey On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:05:14 +0000 Mike Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Corey, > >Just to give you a "bite" on the netCDF4 issue, I don't see any reason >why CF couldn't bless netcdf4 with all elements in a root group, though >one could reasonably argue this isn't really any improvement on using >the classic model. > >It would be more useful (imho) to recommend that all subgroups are valid >too. I don't think there's anything in CF that specifically needs the >classic model or needs to be confined to the root group. Most of the >convention is just about variables and their attributes. The only issue >to sort out would be what "global" attributes should be present in the >root and which in subgroups. > >Cheers, > >Mike. > ><br /> ><hr /> ><p><font face="Arial" size="1"> >Plymouth Marine Laboratory<br /> >Registered Office: <br /> >Prospect Place<br /> >The Hoe<br /> >Plymouth PL1 3DH ></font></p> > ><p><font face="Arial" size="1">Website: <a >href="http://www.pml.ac.uk";>www.pml.ac.uk</a> ><br /> ><a href="http://www.pml.ac.uk/pdf/PML%20Annual%20Review%202011_2.pdf";>Click >here for the latest PML Annual Review</a> ><br /> >Registered Charity No. 1091222<br /> >PML is a company limited by guarantee<br /> >registered in England & Wales<br /> >company number 4178503</font></p> > ><p><font face="Arial" size="1" color="green">Please think before you >print.</font></p> > ><hr /> > ><p><font face="Arial" size="1">This e-mail, its content and any file >attachments are confidential.</font></p> > ><p><font face="Arial" size="1">If you have received this e-mail in error >please do not copy, disclose it to any third party or use the contents or >attachments in any way. Please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail or >e-mail [email protected] and then delete the email without making any copies >or using it in any other way.</font></p> > ><p><font face="Arial" size="1">The content of this message may contain >personal views which are not the views of Plymouth Marine Laboratory unless >specifically stated.</font></p> > ><p><font face="Arial" size="1">You are reminded that e-mail communications are >not secure and may contain viruses. Plymouth Marine Laboratory accepts no >liability for any loss or damage which may be caused by viruses.</font></p> > ><hr /> ><br /> ><br /> > ************************************* Corey Bettenhausen Science System and Applications, Inc Goddard Space Flight Center 301 614 5383 [email protected] ************************************* _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
