Hi Cecelia,
I understand your concerns. Jeff is is on vacation so this will have to
wait until he comes back. It think it will be his decision as to whether
gridspec goes into cf 1.7 directly, or whether a separate web page
should be written in the mean time. I'd be happy to add a gridspec
version (cf_gridspec_version = 1.0.0) or some other tags but I'd rather
do this in consultation with Jeff.
--Alex
On 12/05/2012 12:43 PM, Cecelia DeLuca wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Alex and Jeff - sorry, I'm not clear on how you plan to proceed.
>
> Is the following an acceptable plan?
>
> Create a separate version now for GridSpec, so that it is not
> versioned in lockstep
> with the rest of CF.
>
> Create a fixed (non-wiki) specification document for this version of
> GridSpec.
> [Again, that would be nice because then we could begin to build
> software on it now.]
>
> When changes or updates occur, update the version and create a new
> specification
> document.
>
> Point to the GridSpec version and spec document that is current when
> CF 1.7 comes out.
>
> If this isn't an okay plan, could you please indicate what you will do
> to be sure
> that GridSpec versions are unambiguous, and all versions of GridSpec
> will be very
> easy to retrieve?
>
> Thanks,
> Cecelia
>
>
>
> On 12/5/2012 11:33 AM, Alexander Pletzer wrote:
>> Thanks Jeff!
>>
>> --Alex
>>
>> On 12/05/2012 11:04 AM, Jeffrey F. Painter wrote:
>>> Yes, Gridspec didn't make it into CF 1.6 and will be in 1.7. There's
>>> no scheduled release date, but I hope to get to it soon.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry I couldn't reply sooner - I was on vacation from November
>>> 22 and just got back.
>>>
>>> - Jeff Painter
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/26/12 10:49 AM, Allyn Treshansky wrote:
>>>> 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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>>>>>> NESII/CIRES/NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
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>>>>>> Phone: +1 303-497-7734
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