Bryan,
Bryan Lawrence wrote:
> Why make explicit exceptions?
>
My understanding was that only data variables should have
standard_names. I think actually I was
wrong to list boundary and climatology variables as exceptions anyway,
so maybe it
would be better to say
"It is recommended that all data variables use the standard_name
attribute to describe their
content."
Regards,
Ros.
>
> On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 11:20 +0100, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
>
>> Dear Ros
>>
>>
>>> * All variables should use the standard_name attribute to describe their
>>> content. Exceptions
>>> are boundary, climatology and grid_mapping variables.
>>>
>> I support this. Maybe just "should" is too strong - it sounds mandatory -
>> and it would be better to say "It is recommended that ...". We could add a
>> sentence about requesting new standard names if necessary.
>>
>> Thanks. Cheers
>>
>> Jonathan
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