Hi.
How about this?
In cases where a variable containing coordinate data does not conform to the definition of a coordinate variable, it is identified by naming it in a coordinates attribute associated with one or more data variables.
Grace and peace,
Jim
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On Aug 14, 2013, at 12:51 PM, "Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102)" <christopher.s.lynnes at nasa.gov> wrote:
> Glad to see I'm not the only one to have difficulty with those sentences. I would appreciate a rewording to clarify the relationship.
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> On Aug 14, 2013, at 8:17 AM, Karl Taylor <taylor13 at llnl.gov> wrote:
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>> Dear all,
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>> In the Overview section 1.3 of the CF standards, the following sentence appears:
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>> " In cases where coordinate variables are not applicable, the variables containing coordinate data are identified by the coordinates attribute."
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>> This implies to me that "where coordinate variables *are* applicable, one should not use the coordinates attribute to identify them", which is incorrect, since near the beginning of chapter 5 we state " Note that it is permissible, but optional, to list coordinate variables as well as auxiliary coordinate variables in the coordinates attribute. "
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>> If anyone else thinks the sentence in the overview section is misleading, perhaps we should submit a "defect" changing that sentence to:
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>> "The second option is to include the coordinates attribute, which identifies variables which are not necessarily "coordinate variables" in the NUG-defined sense, but which in fact are used to store coordinates."
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>> What do you think?
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>> cheers,
>> Karl
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