Not sure I was asked to take on the role of moderator but if there are no objections I'll do it.
CF was initially created for gridded data. The featureType attribute was added when CF was extended to deal with discrete sampling geometries. @LorenzoCorgnati is asking the question whether gridded data should be explicitly labelled through the addition of featureType='surface' or should the existing practice of implicitly indicating gridded data through the absence of a featureType attribute continue. I feel explicit labelling is better practice, but the existing practice has the advantage of backward compatability - so much so that if explicit labelling of gridded data through the featureType attribute is added to the Conventions then I feel the existing default implicit practice would have to remain legal and understood. Anyone any thoughts? -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/299#issuecomment-693368403 This list forwards relevant notifications from Github. It is distinct from [email protected], although if you do nothing, a subscription to the UCAR list will result in a subscription to this list. To unsubscribe from this list only, send a message to [email protected].
