#99: Taxon Names and Identifiers -----------------------------+------------------------------ Reporter: lowry | Owner: cf-conventions@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: Component: cf-conventions | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: -----------------------------+------------------------------
Comment (by jonathan): Dear Martin You're right, a coordinate variable of one data variable could be a data variable in its own right. However the CF convention is centred on the idea of "data variable", and as far as Roy's data variable is concerned the variables named by its `coordinates` attribute are coordinate variables. Software based on the CF convention would not expect them to have a `coordinates` attribute of their own, so it would not follow it to find more coordinate variables. A `coordinates` attribute of a coordinate variable has no defined meaning in CF - it's not illegal, but not part of the CF convention. Another point is that in my mind `taxon_identifier` and `taxon_name` are of equivalent status, so it seems to me they should be linked to the data variable in the same way. Best wishes Jonathan -- Ticket URL: <https://cf-trac.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/99#comment:18> CF Metadata <http://cf-convention.github.io/> CF Metadata