[CF-metadata] standard name aliases

From: Lowry, Roy K. <rkl>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:47:55 +0000

Hi Nan,

Try http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P07/current/deprecated

Cheers, Roy.
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From: Nan Galbraith [ngalbraith at whoi.edu]
Sent: 20 March 2014 13:32
To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] standard name aliases

Does anyone know how many names are being carried along as aliases? Is
there a straightforward way to get a list of these terms?

I agree that we should make it clear that aliases are deprecated; this
should
be done in the docs, but also in the standard name table/search, which we
use for selecting names when we're adding new variables for oceansites.

Thanks - Nan

On 3/19/14 6:26 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
> Dear Ethan
>
> I believe this is correct:
>
>> "The use of an alias for the standard_name attribute when
>> writing new data is not recommended."
>>
>> Perhaps some discussion of standard name aliases should be added to
>> Section 3.3 "Standard Name"?
> I agree it should make that point in the conventions document. That could be
> done with a defect ticket, if someone would like to draft it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jonathan
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