[CF-metadata] [FRANCE] Question about CF Convention

From: John Caron <caron>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:12:16 -0600

On 8/3/2011 8:31 AM, Mazurier Alain wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am new on this mailing list and I hope my question is not so obvious
>
> My problem is with:
>
> *At the adress :
> *http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/conformance/requirements-and-recommendations/1.5/
> I find
>
> *? 2.1 Filename*
>
> *Requirements:*
>
> * Filename must have ".nc" suffix."
>
> But If I read the CF documentation
> http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.5/cf-conventions-multi.html
> I find
>
>
> "2.1. Filename
>
> NetCDF files should have the file name extension "|.nc|". "
>
> For me there is a difference between "must" and "should"?.
>
> If i have another suffix than nc, can i be CF compliant?
>
>

The actual CF convention says "should", im not sure why
**http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/conformance/requirements-and-recommendations/1.5/
says "must".

Anyway, you dont need to have your file end in ".nc" to be CF compliant.
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