Dear all,
I think what Roy proposes is o.k., but I would worry if we allowed the
use of "-" (hyphen) in standard_name. I think that could be a mistake,
even though I can't come up with a strong argument. (perhaps something
about parsing being more difficult? or reserving hyphens for compound
construction of future standard names??)
cheers,
Karl
On 1/5/18 1:35 AM, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
Dear David,
I would suggest that the guidelines be amended to cover the new use
case presented by Heiko. Something like:
Standard names consist of lower-letters, digits and underscores, and
begin with a letter. Upper case is not used except for IUPAC symbols
in the labels of radioactive and stable isotopes.
Cheers, Roy.
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Dear Jonathan, et al.,
With regards the uppercase issue, I'm not expressing an opinion
either way, but just highlighting the standard name guidelines
(http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/guidelines.html)
which say
Guidelines for Construction of CF Standard Names
<http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/guidelines.html>
cfconventions.org
Standard names may be qualified by the addition of phrases in certain
standard forms and order. These qualifications do not change the units
of the quantity.
"Standard names consist of lower-letters, digits and underscores, and
begin with a letter. Upper case is not used."
Is this document to be strictly adhered to, or should it be
interpreted as just guidelines?
Thanks, David
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