Not sure I am following you -- constraints are presumably there for a reason, I wasn't sure what the reason was for these particular constraints, but thought they might have simply echoed earlier netCDF constraints.
To your 'use case' question, we were thinking about alternatives to mx_ as prefix for our own attributes, to minimize the chance of collisions (e.g., with some maintenance variables someone might name mx_). john On Jan 13, 2014, at 11:27, Bryan Lawrence <bryan.lawre...@ncas.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi John > > In the spirit of CF being *constrained* netCDF, it seems that we wouldn't, > unless we had a specific use case ... do you? > > Cheers > Bryan > > > On 13 January 2014 18:54, <john.grayb...@marinexplore.com> wrote: > As netCDF is growing to allow @, +, hyphen, and period in > variable/dimension/attribute names, is there any likelihood CF will grow to > allow some or all of those characters? > > I seem to recall some tools have conflicts with some of those characters > (aside from them being non-conformant). But consistency and flexibility would > be nice. > > john > ------------------------------------ > John Graybeal > Sr. Data Manager, Metadata & Semantics > > M +1 408 675-5445 > skype: graybealski > Marinexplore > 920 Stewart Drive > Sunnyvale 94085 > California, USA > www.marinexplore.com<http://marinexplore.com> > > > -- > Scanned by iCritical. > > > > > -- > > Bryan Lawrence > University of Reading: Professor of Weather and Climate Computing. > National Centre for Atmospheric Science: Director of Models and Data. > STFC: Director of the Centre for Environmental Data Archival. > Ph: +44 118 3786507 or 1235 445012; Web:home.badc.rl.ac.uk/lawrence ------------------------------------ John Graybeal Sr. Data Manager, Metadata & Semantics M +1 408 675-5445 skype: graybealski Marinexplore 920 Stewart Drive Sunnyvale 94085 California, USA www.marinexplore.com
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