On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal <[email protected]> wrote:
> but is that the data model? or is that a particular encoding for a > particular file format? I think the later. Another example of encoding vs. data model: An array of integers is a data model The binary representation of that array is encoding: is it big or little endian, for instance. Netcdf already abstracts that out for you -- your code does not need to care. I think this principle could be extended to higher-lever abstractions like datetimes, and encodings like integer*scale+offset -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected] _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
