Hi Roy -
As far as I know, there is nothing to prevent you from having
Conventions attributes other than the global one. Only the
global attribute is part of CF, but you could certainly implement
similar syntax in Conventions attributes for multiple variables.
Or are you looking for more of a formal acceptance of a variable-
level Conventions attribute?
You're not proposing to replace the flag_values and flag_meanings
attributes with this reference to an external QC flag convention, by
any chance? That would be a difficult step.
Cheers - Nan
On 1/23/13 3:20 AM, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
Dear All,
Currently, the 'Conventions' attribute is restricted to be a global
attribute. There is currently a requirement to label multiple QC flag
variables following different conventions with their source convention
and having the 'Conventions' attribute as a variable attribute for
these non-co-ordinate variables would seem a convenient and consistent
mechanism. Is there any support for or objections to this suggestion?
Cheers, Roy.
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