Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Not resolving hyperlinks in section 3.3. (Issue #367)

2022-05-13 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear all I think that the mapping of standard names plus other CF metadata to other metadata conventions such as PCMDI and GRIB is an important task and a valuable resource. At the start of the CF convention, we put the correspondences into the standard name table to make standard names more

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Clarify the intention of standard names (Issue #366)

2022-05-13 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @larsbarring Yes, I take the point, which is also partly what I replied to @jonathanlilly. I'd prefer to say something more general than just referring to `cell_methods`. Would this be OK: > For **many** applications it **is** desirable to have a more definitive > description of the

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Clarify the intention of standard names (Issue #366)

2022-05-12 Thread JonathanGregory
Thanks, David. Yes, I will write a pull request with this text if no-one objects soon. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

[CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Clarify the intention of standard names (Issue #366)

2022-05-12 Thread JonathanGregory
In https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/discuss/issues/155__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mfJaB4CUzVG70gMwLsn4NCDOHB_EztOTEMDN2iHwJ1ozSQQSyUZf2ptPvesV5t40hwcl518oMxw$ @jonathanlilly has pointed out that the current text of section 3.3 might appear to mean that a given

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Fixes #362 (PR #365)

2022-05-03 Thread JonathanGregory
@JonathanGregory approved this pull request. Thanks. That looks fine to me. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/365*pullrequestreview-960286146__;Iw!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu

[CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Rename GitHubProblem label (Issue #363)

2022-04-21 Thread JonathanGregory
I suggest that we change the `GitHubProblem` label to `GitHubUsage`, which is how we describe this kind of issue. It's not necessarily a problem with GitHub. (Note: this is a self-referential issue - I hope that won't cause GitHub to get caught up in an infinite loop.) -- Reply to this email

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Provide additional guidance on moderating issues (Issue #362)

2022-04-21 Thread JonathanGregory
Thanks, Daniel @erget. That's fine. Sorry for my stupidly long title, caused by my submitting the comment prematurely. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Update PR template to ask proposers to update History and Contributors themselves (Issue #359)

2022-04-20 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear all For standard names, we have a [list of contributors](https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/standard-name-contributors.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!niIjD3kreMRHY9v0W7C7kf4w00GEGeKFjk3qn9mrigSleDVUasU9aEszSF3JGW9qixj8SPygUdc$ ), with a preamble

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Results of discussion regarding GitHub procedures (#275)

2022-04-20 Thread JonathanGregory
Also, where is "the nice change of moderators announcing the merge date and then merging on that date" written down? The answer to this may be the same as the last one! Thanks. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Results of discussion regarding GitHub procedures (#275)

2022-04-20 Thread JonathanGregory
Reopened #275. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/275*event-6464162232__;Iw!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!k1UOiY9QtDNbL91UkG_GgTimusYyxRr_EkH_QquoRAbEGsqyxwgsMzm77NQFNT-gXxUW2svjA9U$ You are receiving this

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Results of discussion regarding GitHub procedures (#275)

2022-04-20 Thread JonathanGregory
To record David’s suggestion of making a comment in the issue when the summary is updated, in order that everyone will be notified, and also because the moderator’s summary is part of the discussion and needs to be recorded therein for the discussion to make sense when read subsequently --

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Note in CONTRIBUTING for Conventions: Moderator should keep summary up to date and post in comments when updates so that people get pinged (#306)

2022-04-20 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear Daniel @erget and @sadielbartholomew This looks fine to me as well. Thanks Jonathan -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Delete unnecessary `Conventions` attribute in two examples (Issue #349)

2022-02-01 Thread JonathanGregory
This is a defect and no-one has objected, so the [pull request](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/350__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!lBUahs6WGshdybBiWzFkByrfOTHZ-y29SK_9Afjvr5-vvB1dGxQ1_h-w1oJLK6BGqDq-26oWOl8$ ) could be merged today. Please could someone

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Reference UGRID conventions in CF (#153)

2022-01-21 Thread JonathanGregory
Those changes look fine to me, thanks, David. The clarification is useful. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Reference UGRID conventions in CF (#153)

2022-01-20 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @davidhassell Thanks for summarising the discussion up to now and writing the pull requests. As far as I know, this covers everything. The proposed changes look fine to me from a CF point of view. I noticed three small things: * In Appendix I (the data model), you describe the new

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Single-source the version number (Issue #343)

2022-01-11 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @zklaus I've done a [pull request](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/350__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!h_4-L8njdnQuYrvIVsBWFfZZyiaEw7GB2tpt1NklqxCHzaGqwx_s6szUJC6W_hRzXiEzSDkGdyU$ ) to delete the `Conventions` attribute in the two examples, [as

[CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Issue349 (PR #350)

2022-01-11 Thread JonathanGregory
See issue 349 for discussion of these changes. # Release checklist - [NA] Authors updated in `cf-conventions.adoc`? - [NA] Next version in `cf-conventions.adoc` up to date? Versioning inspired by

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Single-source the version number (Issue #343)

2022-01-10 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @zklaus I don't think there are any "full examples" in the document. (This [new issue](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/348__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!lZI1e-2iPbokQ-LIbAFuEADT9eEzUL6k3p_RYXQdo1Ee5Nx1UkSEuM8EXIqqHr3JsxfhxSZhQl8$ ) is relevant to

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Provision of netCDF files for the netCDF header examples shown in the Conventions? (Issue #348)

2022-01-10 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @atmodatcode Thanks for your proposal. In fact the [rules for changing the conventions](https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://cfconventions.org/rules.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!gylT2XXC8WSaHPC0A1ZMshzVxtz2GadZcG5Fz59sWJO_IdgIryZzsIaHo6OzakimUdXLFw9fPks$ ) require a test file to be produced for

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Single-source the version number (Issue #343)

2022-01-07 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @zklaus As @adigitoleo says, there are no examples in the document which contain the `Conventions` attribute except in sect 7.5 (examples 7.15 and 7.16). Therefore I'd suggest you _delete_ the `Conventions` attribute in those two examples, instead of correcting it. It's not necessary

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Cutting version 1.10 (Issue #345)

2022-01-07 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @davidhassell Thanks for explaining about milestones. As a test I have just attributed the [closed issue about lossy compression by coordinate

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Single-source the version number (Issue #343)

2022-01-07 Thread JonathanGregory
That's clever, @zklaus. Thanks. I agree with @erget, and I am not an expert on the build workflow. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Cutting version 1.10 (Issue #345)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
> @JonathanGregory I agree that a per-release entry in History would make sense. OK. If others agree, this is something we could introduce in 1.10, and it might not be too hard to insert those headings for all the previous versions. > What you propose regarding labels would work, al

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] timeSeries featureType with a forecast / reference time dimension? (#129)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
Thanks -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/129*issuecomment-1006663320__;Iw!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!inhZSwNqcSngidTPij8gVZ1YpNxYhO5xE3JBYPtrTLoXrxpCrW89S7d3dLzvQakqCJ5qOTWe5FY$ You are receiving this

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] timeSeries featureType with a forecast / reference time dimension? (#129)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
The PR is https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/346__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!l4h76Wxxnb3d7vg0CfHEc_Q6ifhKedEAAGxCk42s6xr2QZgkgpdY8Q1s7upJsWX9bde5KuXOMKE$ -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

[CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Issue129 (PR #346)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
See issue #129 for discussion of these changes. - [N/A] Authors updated in `cf-conventions.adoc`? - [N/A] Next version in `cf-conventions.adoc` up to date? Versioning inspired by

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Single-source the version number (Issue #343)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
I agree with putting `draft` in the current-version. I think it would be a positive advantage if it turns up e.g. in `Conventions` (in the text of the draft document), because that makes the status obvious. In fact maybe we could be more explicit and say e.g. `:current-version: 1.10 draft (not

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Single-source the version number (Issue #343)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
Discussion in review comments of https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/344__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!lLnLFd19gThcoMUaRLU_pBH4VxrLNZCKKoySzJQnQfoNQoRM5jsViIxya-aghDFqq-QhUmVjGFI$ reproduced here for the record. (May I politely and respectfully remind

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Cutting version 1.10 (Issue #345)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
Separately, I would like to suggest that when we close issues in this repository which have been agreed to be implemented in the next release, we should add another label that indicates this e.g. "1.9" for all the ones added to the present version. Those new labels can all be the same colour,

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Cutting version 1.10 (Issue #345)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
We could put headings in the history section (in `history.adoc`), starting a new one in each new release. Thus, the history section in the present draft would begin with a title something like "Differences between 1.9 and 1.10", and there would be nothing there. Just to be clear, we could write

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] timeSeries featureType with a forecast / reference time dimension? (#129)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
Aha! Quite right. I did only half the job. :-) I will write the PR. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] timeSeries featureType with a forecast / reference time dimension? (#129)

2022-01-06 Thread JonathanGregory
Please could someone merge this pull request, which qualifies for acceptance today. Thanks. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Single-source the version number (Issue #343)

2022-01-05 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @zlaus, @erget, @davidhassell et al. Thanks for the [PR](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/344__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!nCorpr1w3xsiQ29-ZyQWgmXIFudxCW5wd2GqSaOFhrXPhujPZREoH3m0_nr7RyAKYpj6ZWWJJgg$ ), Klaus. I agree that you've provided a neat

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Allow a standard name `alias` to have more than one `entry_id` (#132)

2022-01-04 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear all Two points were made in this issue at the outset, but I believe that only one remains, so I have changed the title accordingly. The proposal is to change the standard name schema to permit an `alias` to have more than one `entry_id`, given that there is one use-case for this. Have

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] DOIs for CF Convention releases? (#127)

2022-01-04 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @castelao Do you have time to put forward your suggestion of 4th October 2021 again, updated if required given the following comments, as a definite proposal? It would be good to bring this issue to a successful conclusion, given that it's been running for four years. Thanks to everyone

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Single-source the version number (Issue #343)

2022-01-04 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear all Thanks for pointing it out, Leon @adigitoleo. I think @zklaus is right that we could add a "replacement" i.e. a sort of macro in AsciiDoc for the current version number, so that only one occurrence needed to be changed. I am not familiar with the build process so I won't volunteer to

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] timeSeries featureType with a forecast / reference time dimension? (#129)

2021-12-16 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear Dave @dblodgett-usgs This issue is an old one (from two years ago) that has gone dormant, it appears. I have now labelled it as a defect issue because it's a problem with the conventions document being unclear. Since this issue is in the conventions repo, we should make a definite

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] new term for specific_enthalpy (#311)

2021-11-26 Thread JonathanGregory
I don't see this proposal in the [status list](https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://cfeditor.ceda.ac.uk/proposals/1?status=active===*and*display=filter__;Kys!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!lECeYBYi10zaYFEin_M2ILIgcWncH5SSqlbgcPKsJ0JyXdh-OveuEYB0DFxyjOFKG4sK6NmqtmQ$ ). I wonder whether it has been overlooked. I

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Clarification of requirements on calendar attribute of a bounds variable (#265)

2021-10-12 Thread JonathanGregory
I think that it would be OK to require the same data type as well the same value. In fact I slightly prefer identity of both type and value, because to me it seems that providing something which is _exactly_ redundant is more like providing nothing at all, which is what we want. -- You are

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] DOIs for CF Convention releases? (#127)

2021-10-07 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @zklaus There is an [open issue](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-convention.github.io/issues/182__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!iEjodabCgXX7UCEgD4k7fCnGM1gdzbMeMaLri_x_3tY0RmwDL8v8aErkAkx4GpLMuhQgNNVGX2w$ ) in the website/governance repo about the licence which the

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-09-16 Thread JonathanGregory
PS and if it contains neither `random` nor `systematic` it must be the combined or total uncertainty. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-09-16 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @kenkehoe I suggested the keyword `standard_error` as the cell method for the uncertainty because, if I understand correctly, the number which is provided will be used mathematically as if it were a standard deviation quantifying the uncertainty distribution. For example, 2.3.1 of the GUM

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-09-15 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @kenkehoe You write > Requiring the data producer to explain the full process in a `cell_methods` > attribute that the data user will only glance at is an excessive requirement > on the data producer, if even possible and I agree that that. I didn't suggest such a requirement myself. In

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] New standard name number_concentration_of_biological_taxon_pollen_grains_in_air (#332)

2021-09-09 Thread JonathanGregory
It is possible that this proposal hasn't been noticed by the managers of standard names because this is an issue in the cf-conventions repository. Proposals for standard names should be made in the [`discuss`

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-08-24 Thread JonathanGregory
Sorry to be unclear. Let me try again. The default cell methods (`point` for intensive quantities, `sum` for extensive) are for a quantity which in principle has a single value within the gridcell, either exactly at the coordinate (for `point`) or being a property of the entire cell (for

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-08-24 Thread JonathanGregory
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Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-08-24 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear Ken Yes, the `standard_error` modifier is not in `cell_methods` because it doesn't relate to a particular dimension. But considering (as I said above) that the statistical standard error of a quantity is 1/sqrt(N) times the standard deviation over an imaginary `realization` dimension

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-08-24 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS @erget et al. I would be pleased to merge the pull request and close this issue, but I see that the PR has conflicts which have to be resolved. I expect there is some GitHub incantation which you can pronounce to resolve them. Best wishes Jonathan -- You are receiving this

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-08-19 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @kenkehoe I would encourage you to read https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2013/006106.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!lZZH8Apa50IIV-ZHQPUXbsCoA3pgLyGBPuCd3BHyiQUobcDr2sUpqlPxLfwBqp77DRLKswA8O4g$ if you haven't, because there's a lot of a discussion

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-08-19 Thread JonathanGregory
Correction to what I wrote yesterday: > You would also like to be able to provide intervals when not symmetrical. > That could be done by adding a size-one dimension for probability or > percentile, with bounds to specify the interval e.g. > `air_temperature(time,lat,lon,probability)`, where

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-08-18 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear Ken I have had time at last to study and think a bit about your detailed proposal. Thank you for preparing and presenting it. I appreciate it's frustrating for you that this issue is going slowly. Speaking for myself and from David's comments too, I believe this is because it is a large

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/331 not implemented in http://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/cf-conventions.html (#334)

2021-08-16 Thread JonathanGregory
Thank you very much for working on this, Sean @lesserwhirls and @sadielbartholomew. Jonathan -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-08-16 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS Thanks for the clarification. That's fine. The proposal will be approved this Friday 24th if no further concern is raised. Best wishes Jonathan -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/331 not implemented in http://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/cf-conventions.html (#334)

2021-08-04 Thread JonathanGregory
Thanks, @davidhassell and @erget. Would this be related to https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/297__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!ldCjcATTRzYiHzENIBJdcrxtyG3aodAE-e6df-ZC1Nhb8ehnrobaOxnxFsLXvK2lvcq1iNanJDU$ , which is one of the outstanding issues that Daniel

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-08-03 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS @davidhassell @erget @oceandatalab and collaborators Thanks for the enormous amount of hard and thorough work you have put into this, and for answering all my questions and comments. I have no more concerns. Looking through the rendered PDF of App J, I see boxes, probably

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] ch04: Zero and negative years in time coordinates (#315)

2021-07-31 Thread JonathanGregory
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Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] ch04: Zero and negative years in time coordinates (#315)

2021-07-31 Thread JonathanGregory
This pull request was implemented by https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/331__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!heS__3pgZweRnRAyOq4Fwh7enKjvrPvzuWgQwOPbKxXS4n-NS04-Pcahh3PS7_06bgeTAGEfOCo$ instead -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this

[CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/331 not implemented in http://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/cf-conventions.html (#334)

2021-07-31 Thread JonathanGregory
I notice that the changes made by the merged pull request https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/331__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!lgJSAvLW1eEgCI0paKZqxbe7oBj0BH614EQ-7fdV4WSkvJs5XgiDuypNBelLjeWGT41nX8qzoPI$ (the recently agreed changes to time coordinates and

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Reference UGRID conventions in CF (#153)

2021-07-30 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear Chris and David I agree that UGRID uses a discrete axis. There isn't necessarily any ordering implied by such an axis, just as in the case of UGRID. For example, ocean basins or other geographical regions may be arranged along a discrete axis in any order. Best wishes Jonathan -- You

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Reference UGRID conventions in CF (#153)

2021-07-29 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear Chris and David Thanks for this discussion. In David's revised text > Unlike the domain topology construct's connectivity array, a > UGRID connectivity variable's data is not stored as a symmetric matrix that > indicates the connectivity between any two cells. Instead, the trailing >

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-07-26 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS Thanks for your detailed replies. I think there are only two outstanding points in those you have answered. **18**: Now I understand what you mean, thanks. To make this clearer to myself, I would say something like this: Bounds interpolation uses the same tie point index

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-07-23 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear all @AndersMS and colleagues have proposed a large addition to Chapter 8 and an accompanying new appendix to the CF convention, defining methods for storing subsampled coordinate variables and the descriptions of the interpolation methods that should be used to reconstruct the entire

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-07-23 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS and colleagues Thanks again for the new version. I find it very clear and comprehensive. I have a few comments. ## Chapter 8 "Tie point mapping attribute" mentions "target dimension", which is not a phrase used elsewhere. Should this be "interpolated dimension"? You say, "For

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-07-23 Thread JonathanGregory
Great, thanks, @AndersMS. I am still learning about GitHub. I was using the Diff, which doesn't show the diagrams, rather than Viewing the file, which works fine. Jonathan -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] New standard name number_concentration_of_biological_taxon_pollen_grains_in_air (#332)

2021-07-23 Thread JonathanGregory
I don't know about this subject, but the construction of your proposed standard name looks fine to me, thanks, @angilkaka -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-07-23 Thread JonathanGregory
There have been no further comments for three weeks and sufficient support has been expressed, so this change is therefore accepted according to the rules. I have merged

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-07-23 Thread JonathanGregory
Closed #298. -- You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Restrict "gregorian" label to only dates in the Gregorian calendar (#319)

2021-07-23 Thread JonathanGregory
There have been no further comments for three weeks and sufficient support has been expressed, so this change is therefore accepted according to the rules. I have merged

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Restrict "gregorian" label to only dates in the Gregorian calendar (#319)

2021-07-23 Thread JonathanGregory
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Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-07-22 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS et al. Thanks for the new version. Can you tell me where to find versions of Ch 8 and App J with the figures in place? That would make it easier to follow. I've just read the text of Ch 8, which I found much clearer than before. I don't recall reading about bounds last time. Is

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-07-21 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS Thanks for the update and your hard work on this. I will read the section again in conjunction with Appendix J, once you announce that the latter is ready. Best wishes Jonathan -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Reference UGRID conventions in CF (#153)

2021-07-16 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear David It's a good point that there may be domain axes which aren't involved in the topology. Thanks for the correction. We can supply a ?? topology construct provided it refers to a single domain axis (the UGRID case). I'm not sure there would be more than topology for a domain, although

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] How to Report Uncertainty Chapter (#320)

2021-07-12 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @kenkehoe Thanks for making this proposal. I realise that three months has passed. I regret that I have not yet had time to study and review it, although it's been on my agenda all this time. Best wishes Jonathan -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-07-05 Thread JonathanGregory
Thanks, David. If @zklaus and others are also content with the new version, I suppose it can be accepted three weeks from three days ago, which makes 23rd July -- You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-07-02 Thread JonathanGregory
I have made the above changes in https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/331__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!j38U3qLQlY_X0BZe90tjIihK2dPqHw10OAiefFShqA-jvFxq5MnK0f5JSKxZWbrBetRQ8wtDZnw$ -- You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] implement tickets 298 and 319 (#331)

2021-07-02 Thread JonathanGregory
@JonathanGregory pushed 1 commit. bd7498d3625a1ee464f375952bfd202f7fbc4371 remove redundant text about the standard calendar, clarify the deprecation of year and month units -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. View it on GitHub: https://urldefense.us/v3

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-07-02 Thread JonathanGregory
I realise that we agreed to delete the existing excerpt from the UDUNITS that describes the `standard` calendar, because we have put that information in the description of that calendar. I will modify the PR. I agree with the point @zklaus makes about the deprecated units. Would the following

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-07-02 Thread JonathanGregory
@zklaus has made the following comment on the PR > Perhaps this is a good opportunity to update the second udunits.dat link in > the following line 217 as well. > I also wonder if we should be explicit in whether CF follows udunits in the > definitions of year and month. The way these two

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-07-02 Thread JonathanGregory
I have prepared https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/331__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mNWKCPD7VbPgGv_jRavr4GE1sCQvz38p0d0wECjY2cjx2_dyEClYOuM6TDVCriSLMMu-I2CF82c$ for this issue and

[CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] implement tickets 298 and 319 (#331)

2021-07-02 Thread JonathanGregory
See issue #298 and #319 for discussion of these changes. # Release checklist - [Y] Authors updated in `cf-conventions.adoc`? - [Y] Next version in `cf-conventions.adoc` up to date? Versioning inspired by

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Reference UGRID conventions in CF (#153)

2021-06-30 Thread JonathanGregory
I agree that a cell which is an edge bounded by two nodes is fine in the CF data model, yes. (H) is correct that CF doesn't explicitly recognise connectivity, although you could infer it from coincidence - isn't that right? Jonathan -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-06-30 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS. Daniel @erget et al., > Concerning terminology, following discussion in the group, these terms seem > good candidates: > At tie-point level: "subsampled dimension", "non-interpolated dimension" > At reconstituted level: "interpolated dimension", "non-interpolated dimension"

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-06-28 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS In your proposed change 10, you used the word "uncompressed", and "compression" is in the title of this proposal. I think it would be clear to speak of a "compressed dimension" of the tie point variable corresponding to an "uncompressed dimension" of the data variable, or

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-06-25 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS and colleagues Thanks very much for taking my comments so seriously and for the modifications and explanations. I agree with all these improvements, with two reservations: * Do you somewhere state that the size of a tie point interpolated dimension must be less than or equal to

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-06-23 Thread JonathanGregory
If everyone is content with the proposed text, I will make a new pull request for this issue. In the pull request, I will add Dave Allured to the CF authors in recognition of his raising the issue and the work he has done on it (unless he would prefer not). Jonathan -- You are receiving this

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-06-22 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @larsbarring and @davidhassell Taking Lars's points in reverse. * I agree with what David proposes for referring to UDUNITS instead of `udunits.dat`. * It seems better to me not to have an independent entry for the deprecated `gregorian`, which would make it more prominent than it is

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-06-22 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @davidhassell Yes, you're right, this does cover https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/319__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!hxPKoGI8TGUACUdtrAodtIQisuZ020j3_v0TScwJ4hPfPjXCGGGyfjarhA1OoOMKO8U4VW2Ogqg$ . I hadn't thought of that, but it could be convenient

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Rework intro to Section 8: Accuracy & precision (#330)

2021-06-22 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @AndersMS and Daniel @erget I see. I misunderstood. If you think my version of the revised paragraph is OK, it's fine to include it in your pull request for

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Rework intro to Section 8: Accuracy & precision (#330)

2021-06-22 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear Daniel @erget I think it's fine to make this a separate issue, but in that case, will you leave that paragraph unchanged (as in version 1.8) in

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-06-22 Thread JonathanGregory
I agree. This specification of precision is good. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-06-21 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear all I have drafted a new version of the affected parts of the text of Sect 4.4, taking account of the comments made since the pull request was revised, mostly as suggested but not quite, as follows: * I included the deprecation of `gregorian` from [issue

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Interpretation of negative years in the units attribute (#298)

2021-06-21 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @davidhassell et al. I will produce some text synthesising the comments made since the current pull request was written. Since then, the preamble on calendars has been modified as a result of the agreement of [issue 313 on leap

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Restrict "gregorian" label to only dates in the Gregorian calendar (#319)

2021-06-21 Thread JonathanGregory
A `strict_gregorian` calendar would be one which is Gregorian and *must not* be used before 1582 i.e. that would be an error, whereas `proleptic_gregorian` can be used both before and after 1582 without error or warning - that is the point of it. However, I am not in favour of

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Reference UGRID conventions in CF (#153)

2021-06-21 Thread JonathanGregory
This is fine, thanks. If we agree, I suppose that we need to write propose some textual changes in the CF documents for some of these points. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Lossy Compression by Coordinate Sampling (#327)

2021-06-11 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear all I've studied the text of proposed changes to Sect 8, as someone not at all involved in writing it or using these kinds of technique. (It's easier to read the files in [Daniel's

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Conventions release dates are missing since CF-1.7 (#329)

2021-06-07 Thread JonathanGregory
I too agree with @davidhassell's proposal. I don't know how to deal with it in the GitHub repository but I don't think we should be prevented from editing past versions when (like this) it doesn't alter the convention. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Clarify and update CF rules for deprecating content (#328)

2021-05-28 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @zklaus > We don't have to distinguish positive and negative categories, because they > are logically related: prohibition = negative requirement, deprecation = > negative recommendation. Sorry to be unclear. I meant by this to explain that the conformance document has only two

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Clarify and update CF rules for deprecating content (#328)

2021-05-26 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear all I'd like to repeat my earlier points that * We should make use of the existing list, namely the conformance document, for the purposes being discussed here - I don't think we need a new list. * We don't have to distinguish positive and negative categories, because they are

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Clarify and update CF rules for deprecating content (#328)

2021-05-25 Thread JonathanGregory
Dear @ethanrd I would favour simplicity. At the moment, we have two categories in the conformance document. (1) Recommendations to do something. A recommendation not to do something is a deprecation. The CF checker gives warnings for recommendations (including deprecations) that are not met.

Re: [CF-metadata] [cf-convention/cf-conventions] Correction to the definition of "ocean sigma over z coordinate" in Appendix D (#314)

2021-05-24 Thread JonathanGregory
I have updated the pull request https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/317__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!j5sMTufUekY0HbDkylC29GsZhOicrvn4eaiu8d7agPsFgB2NY8H-NKq-dNTw405OXfD2DYUwfRg$ to include the proposed deprecation text. If there are no further comments, it

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