Hi Upendra,
As part of the effort to establish CF as an OGC standard, Stefano Nativi has
created a UML diagram and carefully crafted systematic description of the CF
extension to the netCDF classic data model. I'll send Stefano a copy of
this message so he can send you the latest version of the appropriate
information. I have copies that I can send, but I fear they may be out of
date.
Please note that Stefano is very busy at this time as the chair of the ESSI
division of the EGU which is meeting next week, so he may not be able to
respond immediately.
-- Ben
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Upendra Dadi <Upendra.Dadi at noaa.gov> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> I am trying to better understand CF model and its relationship with
> netCDF-classic data model. Is there even a relationship? If I am creating a
> netCDF file using CF conventions, does the file have to be using classic
> data model? If I am using netCDF4 with strings and no other feature of
> netCDF4, could it still be CF compliant. Is it right to say that one of the
> basic elements of CF standard is regular arrays as opposed to variable
> length arrays? And that is where the "relationship" between CF model and
> netCDF-classic data model ends? Does CF "recognize" variable length arrays?
> I guess these issues are important in the context of proposed discrete
> sampling geometry extension to CF.
>
> Upendra
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