Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] State the principles for design of the CF conventions (#273)

2020-06-23 Thread taylor13
I might reorder the first sentence (so that the parenthetical statement at the end directly follows the phrase it modifies): "In defining some of the descriptors that make CF-netCDF files self-describing, CF-netCDF relies on controlled vocabularies containing terms that are chosen as far as

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] State the principles for design of the CF conventions (#273)

2020-06-23 Thread JonathanGregory
Slightly better, avoiding multiple negatives: In order to make CF-netCDF files self-describing, CF-netCDF metadata uses phrases from controlled vocabularies which are chosen as far as practically possible to be self-explanatory without reference to resources external to the netCDF file

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] State the principles for design of the CF conventions (#273)

2020-06-23 Thread JonathanGregory
To address @davidhassell's concern, about "external resources", for the first point I now propose instead In order to make CF-netCDF files self-describing, CF-netCDF metadata uses phrases from controlled vocabularies which are chosen as far as practically possible to be self-explanatory

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Procedural items (#256)

2020-06-23 Thread JonathanGregory
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