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Sent: 14 February 2013 13:58
To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] any convention for variables abbreviation ?
SeaDataNet has standardized short names - currently 429 names, and as
far as I know all the CF terms are included.
It's available at tinyurl.com/SDNp02
SeaDataNet has standardized short names - currently 429 names, and as
far as I know all the CF terms are included.
It's available at tinyurl.com/SDNp021 The long url for the p021 list is
seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_bodc_vocab/browse.asp?order=entrykey&formname=search&screen=0&l=P021&v0_0=&v1_0=entryk
Hi Nicolas,
Various organizations enforce their own standards for abbreviated names
in CF files -- OceanSites, Argo, WMO, CF, itself, does not.
The reason that CF does not attempt to standardize the names of
variables (which is how the abbreviations are used in the above cases),
is
Dear,
I'm designing a webservice for broadcasting some meteorological data.
I will use the CF naming convention for variables names, but I also have to
use small (< or = 6 letters) abbreviations.
Do you have advices about that ? Is there any abbreviation convention ?
Regards
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