This seems a little artificially constrained -- make the change for a
day, then change it back, and presto, now the alias is recording a
previous version of a standard name.
But I guess that doesn't address your main point, which is that
aliases aren't intended to serve as synonyms/navigational aids. Not
knowing the history, I wonder: Is that conclusion open to discussion?
Seems like a useful capability.
john
On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:30 AM, Pamment, JA (Alison) wrote:
> Unfortunately, it would not be possible to do this because aliases
> in CF
> are used only as a way of recording previous versions of existing
> standard names, for example, when a name is changed for reasons of
> clarity or to correct a spelling mistake. It is not intended to be
> used
> as a means of creating synonyms between current names or as a
> navigation
> aid to the standard name table. If we changed the name to
> mass_fraction_of_water_vapor_in_dry_air then humidity_mixing_ratio
> would
> become its alias, but we couldn't do it the other way round.
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John Graybeal <mailto:graybeal at mbari.org> -- 831-775-1956
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Marine Metadata Interoperability Project:
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Received on Wed Nov 26 2008 - 09:16:33 GMT
