Re: [CF-metadata] Expanding the standard_name metadata

2012-09-10 Thread John Graybeal
Congratulations on your great meeting! Concur that when the name is derivable fairly obviously from the other matter, it should not be required. In this case the CF name is supposed to be clear enough that the compound name should be within it already. Suggest this be available as an option i

Re: [CF-metadata] Expanding the standard_name metadata

2012-09-10 Thread Schultz, Martin
Hi Roy, thanks for supporting this idea. Why include the "compound_name"? I didn't really think about this, but only copied what is common practice in ISO metadata files. They usually pair a name with the link to the controlled vocabulary list. It could have to do with resilience. What do

[CF-metadata] Dimensionless vertical coordinate values

2012-09-10 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Richard On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 05:05:52PM +0100, Hattersley, Richard wrote: > > I'm glad you think the first example makes sense - it's the one that > makes most sense to me too! But I'm wondering if one *must* store > ap(z)/p0+b(z) (or a(k)+b(k) if that's the parameterisation in use), or

[CF-metadata] Expanding the standard_name metadata

2012-09-10 Thread Schultz, Martin
Dear all, last week, we had a rather successful workshop on "Metadata for air quality and atmospheric composition" in Dublin. It was nice to see that the community (i.e. those present) seemed to agree without much discussion, that ISO 19115 (-1) is the way to go for discovery metadata, whi