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[CF-metadata] Usage of the 'Conventions' attribute

From: Nan Galbraith <ngalbraith>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:16:05 -0500

Hi Roy -

As far as I know, there is nothing to prevent you from having
Conventions attributes other than the global one. Only the
global attribute is part of CF, but you could certainly implement
similar syntax in Conventions attributes for multiple variables.

Or are you looking for more of a formal acceptance of a variable-
level Conventions attribute?

You're not proposing to replace the flag_values and flag_meanings
attributes with this reference to an external QC flag convention, by
any chance? That would be a difficult step.

Cheers - Nan

On 1/23/13 3:20 AM, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
> Dear All,
> Currently, the 'Conventions' attribute is restricted to be a global
> attribute. There is currently a requirement to label multiple QC flag
> variables following different conventions with their source convention
> and having the 'Conventions' attribute as a variable attribute for
> these non-co-ordinate variables would seem a convenient and consistent
> mechanism. Is there any support for or objections to this suggestion?
> Cheers, Roy.
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