[CF-metadata] proposing an alternate units attribute (from 'raw' variables thread)

From: John Graybeal <graybeal>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:50:09 -0700

With regard to adding a 'raw_units' attribute to the standard: I'm
splitting this thread from the '_raw' standard name thread (as I think
it is secondary to that thread).

Prompted by Jonathan's observation below: I think most of the cases I
have in hand can be expressed as some variation of 'count', 'bit', or
'volt', all of which are UDUnits. (counts? who would have thought?)

If I can find some clean examples that require non-UDUnits units, then
I might propose the creation of an alternate_units attribute via the
TRAC list. (If anyone else has some, feel free to pass them along.)

John

On Mar 12, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:

> I would suggest not deciding in advance that we have to treat them
> in different ways, because it's best to minimise the complexity of
> the convention. It's often tempting to regard something as a new
> case and invent new conventions for it, but it may be easier in the
> end to find a way to express it using structures we already have.
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