Thanks, Roy -
This is just what we were looking for.
Cheers - Nan
> Hi Nan,
>
> The following are the past version dates I have for the version changes since I started following CF Standard Names closely, which was in September 2006 when version 2 was current:
>
> VERSION TO_CHAR(VRS_DATE,'YYYY-MM-DD')
>
> 3 "2007-02-20"
> 4 "2007-03-13"
> 5 "2007-05-15"
> 6 "2007-07-17"
> 7 "2007-11-21"
> 8 "2008-04-15"
> 10 "2008-10-21"
> 11 "2008-11-11"
> 12 "2009-07-07"
>
> For versions between 2 and 13 I also have change audit trails stored and a tool that I can use to produce difference reports between any two specified versions.
>
> Cheers, Roy.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu [mailto:cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Nan Galbraith
> Sent: 15 April 2010 21:01
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: [CF-metadata] Standard name table version dates?
>
> Hi all -
>
> There is an appendix in the conventions document that describes
> changes to the standard, and gives the dates of those changes, at
> cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.4/cf-conventions.html
>
> Is there likewise a document somewhere that either gives the dates of
> the different versions of the standard name table, or describes what's
> been added to each of the revisions?
>
> This was asked by a group that's looking at terms they've adopted
> for variables that were not in the table back in 2004, which might
> now be represented in the CF names. I have no idea what version
> would have been current back then, and it does seem like a useful
> bit of metadata to have on the site.
>
> Thanks -
> Nan
>
>
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