yes, sorry to have forgotten about the ticket 85 conclusion. It works for me also, is preferable to be inclusive I think.
john On Feb 28, 2014, at 10:53, Jim Biard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > I think this is perfect! > > Jim > > Visit us on > Facebook Jim Biard > Research Scholar > Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites NC > North Carolina State University > NOAA's National Climatic Data Center > 151 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 > e: [email protected] > o: +1 828 271 4900 > > > > > On Feb 28, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Jonathan Gregory <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear John >> >>> "Missing data are permitted in an auxiliary coordinate variable only at >>> points where all the referencing variables also have missing data." Trying >>> to fix some nits and make it a bit more parseable. >> >> I think that is OK. In case it is not clear what "referencing variables" >> means >> it could be "all the data variables which refer to it". >> >> However, now I look again at ticket 85, which has been agreed already, and >> Rich >> drew our attention to it, I wonder whether we can't just go with that. >> >> "Missing data is allowed in data variables and auxiliary coordinate >> variables. Generic applications should treat the data as missing where any >> auxiliary coordinate variables have missing values; special-purpose >> applications might be able to make use of the data. Missing data is not >> allowed in coordinate variables." >> >> I guess we must have been through a similar discussion before. The above is >> more permissive than the words you suggest. It says it's allowed to have >> missing data in aux coord vars, but if you do that at any points where the >> data variable is non-missing, the data values there should be ignored i.e. >> treated as if they were missing. >> >> Is that all right? >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jonathan >> _______________________________________________ >> CF-metadata mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata ------------------------------------ John Graybeal Marine Data Manager M +1 408 675-5445 skype: graybealski Marinexplore 920 Stewart Drive Sunnyvale 94085 California, USA www.marinexplore.com
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