[CF-metadata] machine-accessible CF compliance checker?

From: Bentley, Philip <philip.bentley>
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:17:58 -0000

Etienne,

Yep, this occurred to me too. But people are unlikely to do it, IMHO.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Etienne Tourigny [mailto:etourigny.dev at gmail.com]
> Sent: 29 February 2012 15:12
> To: Bentley, Philip
> Cc: stephen.pascoe at stfc.ac.uk; cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] machine-accessible CF compliance checker?
>
> Perhaps an easy way to use the existing cf-checker remotely
> would be to make a temporary netcdf file with all header
> information but with a subset of the data?
> If the dimension variable were kept then the monotonic tests
> could be done.
>
> A quick method would be to use a utility link nco or cdo to
> subset the spatial and temporal variables.
>
> This could be implemented in a bash or python script and then
> send to a remote service via a http post/get request.
>
> Etienne
>
Received on Wed Feb 29 2012 - 08:17:58 GMT