Hi Allyn,
On 11/23/2012 01:02 PM, Allyn Treshansky wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am confused as to the relationship between GridSpec and the official
> CF Conventions. In particular, it's not clear whether or not GridSpec
> is part of the latest version (v1.6).
>
> According to the CF Tracker
> [https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/63], the GridSpec proposal has
> been approved. However, there is no mention of it in the latest
> Convention Documentation
> [http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.6/cf-conventions.html].
>
I think Gridspec did not quite make it into CF 1.6, Jeff Painter may
know whether it will be incorporated into 1.7.
> The ticket does reference a formal extension to CF
> [https://ice.txcorp.com/trac/modave/wiki/CFProposalGridspec].
> Presumably, this is what users should reference for GridSpec
> documentation. Is that correct,
Yes.
> or is there another document we should be using? And it remains odd
> that there is no link from the v1.6 documentation to GridSpec
> documentation (either that techX page or another one).
>
> Assuming that the techX page is the correct location for GridSpec CF
> documentation, it is lacking any version information.
You mean CF version?
> How will future governance be handled without that? Should we
> consider the page as it stands CF version 1.6?
>
> Also, can the GridSpec convention only be expressed as a netCDF file?
Yes it was written for netcdf. I'm assuming that anything that can be
done in netcdf can be done in XML though I'm not a XML specialist.
Best,
--Alex
> Are there other formats (such as XML) for the CF Conventions that
> support GridSpec?
>
> Many thanks for your help.
>
> Regards,
> Allyn
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