Hello Alex,
Thank you for the reply. My comments are inline.
Thanks,
Allyn
On 11/26/2012 09:45 AM, Alexander Pletzer wrote:
> 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.
Okay. Is there a scheduled release date for v1.7?
>> 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.
Okay.
>> 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?
Yes. I mean which CF version does that documentation apply to.
>> 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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