Dear all,
I hope some of you will weigh-in concerning use of netCDF as a NASA data
standard. See survey below.
Best regards,
Karl
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Subject: [Spg-announce] Request for Comments: NASA use of netCDF-4 file
format with HDF5
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:22:05 -0700
From: Ullman, Richard E. (GSFC-5860) <richard.ullman at nasa.gov>
To: SPG Announce <spg-announce at lists.nasa.gov>
CC: spg-rfc-022 at lists.nasa.gov <spg-rfc-022 at lists.nasa.gov>
NASA Data Systems Stakeholders:
The Earth Science Data Systems Working Group (ESDSWG) for Standards is
conducting a review of the network Common Data Form version 4, which
uses the Hierarchical Data Format version 5 as a storage layer (netCDF-4
/ HDF5), for possible adoption as a community standard.
The scope of the present review is the ?implementation experience?
and/or the "operational suitability" of the netCDF-4 specification. We
have forwarded these questions to you because you are a NASA stakeholder
who is likely to have experience with netCDF-4. Please respond with
comments as relevant.
If you have experience in using the netCDF-4 format (e.g., as a data
provider, data consumer, or software developer or user), or in
supporting software tools for netCDF-4, we'd like to hear from you. If
you have tried to work with the netCDF-4 format but abandoned the effort
for whatever reason, we'd like to hear about that experience as well.
We'd also like to hear from those with experiences with other
self-describing data formats about the appropriateness of the proposed
specification.
The Standards Process Group is charged with recommending data systems
standards that will enhance interoperation of Earth science data systems
within the agency and with partnering organizations. We do this through
open review of standards submitted by community stakeholders for
endorsement by NASA. It is absolutely essential that members of
communities that may be impacted by proposed standards provide input in
this process.
Suggested comment areas for netCDF-4 are attached. The technical
description of netCDF-4/HDF5 for your review can be found here:
http://www.esdswg.org/spg/rfc/esds-rfc-022
Comments should be sent before July 8 to <spg-rfc-022 at lists.nasa.gov
<mailto:spg-rfc-022 at lists.nasa.gov>>.
Thank you
Richard Ullman
For the SPG
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