[CF-metadata] CF Conventions versioning

From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:02:53 +0000

Dear Olivier

> In the frame of MyOcean EU Project, I have one request about CF
> Conventions versions: if one recommend the use of CF 1.4, I guess that
> means it won't be compliant with previous version (1.3, 1.1..), is it?
> (My understanding is that there is no retro-compatibility, but I am
> not sure)

Actually, so far CF versions are backward compatible. New features have
always been introduced as optional, not mandatory, and existing features
have not so far been deleted.

Best wishes

Jonathan
Received on Tue Mar 09 2010 - 11:02:53 GMT