No. CF section 9.5 says: "The variable carrying the cf_role attribute may have any data type." And that makes sense, because some profile_id might be an integer and theoretically could be a single char.
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:15:46 +0000 > From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.greg...@reading.ac.uk> > To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Pre-proposal for "charset" > Message-ID: <20170222181546.gd8...@met.reading.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Dear Bob > > Thnaks for the helpful example. Yes, I agree that on the basis of netCDF > alone > you can't tell whether it's a string or a 10-char array. However, the > cf_role > is a string-valued attribute, according to the CF convention, so it must > be a > string. I expect that for contents of netCDF files that follow the CF con- > vention this ambiguity shouldn't arise - but if there are cases where it > does > we should consider them. > > Best wishes > > Jonathan > > -- Sincerely, Bob Simons IT Specialist Environmental Research Division NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center 99 Pacific St., Suite 255A (New!) Monterey, CA 93940 (New!) Phone: (831)333-9878 (New!) Fax: (831)648-8440 Email: bob.sim...@noaa.gov The contents of this message are mine personally and do not necessarily reflect any position of the Government or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
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