Hello Nan,

Le 19/09/2013 12:16, Nan Galbraith a écrit :
> Hi all -
>> Did I misunderstand the original proposal?
> 
> Could we possibly have a proposal written up as a ticket on the Trac
> system?

I'd prefer not to submit anything to the Trac system
until/unless there is consensus from many doubters
that there is a compelling use-case for "group-aware" CF.

> I'm finding it difficult to find a description of what's being
> suggested, in
> the many emails in this thread. 

Understandable. It's rather amorphous because there
are features (e.g. "ensemble"), structure (groups),
and properties (group metadata inheritance)  involved.
Although the three could be segregated, I need to have a
better sense of CFś receptiveness to each of the three.
That way no one is tasked with writing a convention
extension that immediately becomes obsolete.

> I realize we're very far from a detailed description of how groups might
> be implemented, but a sketch of what would satisfy the people who made
> this proposal would be *really* useful.

The above is all I can say now.
I think the ongoing discussion of a compelling use-case
will reveal a lot about the possibility of any changes
to CF.

Best,
cz

> Thanks -
> Nan

-- 
Charlie Zender, Earth System Sci. & Computer Sci.
University of California, Irvine 949-891-2429 )'(
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