On 9/11/14, 10:20 AM, "John Caron" <[email protected]> wrote:
>From my POV, groups are a way to, um, group things (variables, coord
>systems, etc) together. They should be used for the same reason we use
>directories in a file system, to prevent a big mess of things in one
>namespace.
+1
>The main restriction from the CDM data model is that variables can only
>use dimensions from their own group or a parent group. the result is to
>keep coordinate processing simple and close to the classic model.
Sounds reasonable.
John, I would join a CF-2.x working group if it gets formed.
-Aleksandar
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