[CF-metadata] CF Conventions and netCDF-4 enhanced model

From: Aleksandar Jelenak <ajelenak>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:13:32 +0000

On 9/11/14, 10:20 AM, "John Caron" <caron at ucar.edu> wrote:
>From my POV, groups are a way to, um, group things (variables, coord
>systems, etc) together. They should be used for the same reason we use
>directories in a file system, to prevent a big mess of things in one
>namespace.

+1

>The main restriction from the CDM data model is that variables can only
>use dimensions from their own group or a parent group. the result is to
>keep coordinate processing simple and close to the classic model.

Sounds reasonable.

John, I would join a CF-2.x working group if it gets formed.

        -Aleksandar
Received on Thu Sep 11 2014 - 11:13:32 BST