Steve,

> A question I'd like to see discussed (primarily to Unidata, I guess):
> how difficult would it be to make accommodations in the netCDF API,
> itself, so that netCDF4 groups were accessible through the netCDF-3
> API.  If such enhancements could be baked into the netCDF code the
> character of the interoperability impacts through adding group-aware
> elements to CF would be utterly changed. This would open the door wide
> to group-aware CF.  Has an analysis of this been done?

We've discussed it, but haven't completed a design.  It seems like a
good idea, but there may be issues in the details.  I think it deserves
more serious consideration.

--Russ
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