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#105: Scalar Coordinates -----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Reporter: markh | Owner: [email protected] Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: medium | Milestone: Component: cf-conventions | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: -----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Comment (by stevehankin): After reading this, my "2 cents" (hoping I will offend no one by saying this) is that for me this text does not clarify; instead it further confuses. It seems to me that we are moving towards clarity when CF concepts can be described in '''fewer''' words; not more. I wonder if the effort to refine the definition of a scalar variable is misplaced. Does the confusion actually come from our having fuzzy answers to these questions: 1. what is the semantic difference (not the syntactic difference) between a coordinate variable and an auxiliary coordinate variable? 2. through what syntax does the semantic distinction in question 1 get represented when the coordinate variables are of length 1? 3. does CF regard the mathematical distinction between a scalar and vector of length 1 as significant? (Personally I hope not. Mathematical hair-splitting will not lead to clarity imho.) -- Ticket URL: <https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/105#comment:1> CF Metadata <http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/> CF Metadata This message came from the CF Trac system. To unsubscribe, without unsubscribing to the regular cf-metadata list, send a message to "[email protected]" with "unsubscribe cf-metadata" in the body of your message.
