Dear all
Although CF is primarily a file format convention, we often have in mind a
logical data model for CF data while we are discussing modifications and
extensions to CF. In principle the data model can be separated from the
mechanics, restrictions and requirements of netCDF itself, and could apply to
other file formats. In
http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~jonathan/CF_metadata/cfdm.html
I have outlined my perception of the CF data model. I know this is not the
only such description. For example, libcf implicitly has a CF data model, but
it is generally more low-level, it seems to me. I may well be completely
unaware of other relevant documents, and I'd be grateful to hear of them, and
in any case for comments on my version of the data model. Would it be useful
to write down a data model as part of the CF standard document, I wonder?
Cheers
Jonathan
Received on Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:53:19 GMT
