Hi Ian,
The CF Checker using UDUNITS-2 to validate the units.
This is another one of those units where UDUNITS-1 deemed it valid and
UDUNITS-2 says it's invalid.
I think the CF Document should be updated to specify validation against
UDUNITS-2 and also to remove the reference to the udunits.dat file as
this no longer exists at UDUNITS-2, instead xml files are used.
Regards,
Ros.
On 26/09/11 12:10, Culverwell, Ian wrote:
> **
> *Sorry, didn't quite finish.*
> **
> *... it says:*
> **
> *ERROR (3.1): Invalid units: bits*
> **
> *So: is "bits" (or "bit") CF-compliant or not?*
> **
> *Thanks for any help,*
> *Ian.*
> **
> **
> ******
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Culverwell, Ian
> *Sent:* 26 September 2011 12:09
> *To:* cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> *Cc:* Culverwell, Ian
> *Subject:* Is the "bits" unit CF-compliant?
>
> *Hello,*
> **
> *The latest CF-compliance document suggests that we should look to the
> udunits.dat file in the udunits package to find out if a certain unit
> is CF-compliant. The latest version of udunits.dat I have lists*
> **
> *bit P count*
> **
> *as an acceptable unit. Yet when I run a file with this unit through
> the CF-compliance checker, it says:*
> **
> **
>
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