Concur, mid-point is the optimal 'assumption', even if imperfect for
extensible accumulated values. Those who need end-point or other can
make it so explicitly, and will have technical expertise to do so.
(Similarly for clients -- those that need it should be built to use
the additional metadata.) Please recommend this.
John
On Nov 12, 2009, at 0926, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear Thomas
>
> I'm not saying the coordinate *must* be the mid-point. If there's a
> good reason
> for it being something else, then you could choose it to be so. I was
> suggesting that we could recommend it should be the mid-point if
> there is
> no strong basis for making another choice. We could also say that it
> must not
> be outside the bounds.
>
> You are right, it cannot be missing data. That would break some
> applications,
> anyway.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jonathan
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