Dear David,
I would suggest that the guidelines be amended to cover the new use case presented by Heiko. Something like:
Standard names consist of lower-letters, digits and underscores, and begin with a letter. Upper case is not used except for IUPAC symbols in the labels of radioactive and stable isotopes.
Cheers, Roy.
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Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Standard_name proposal for volcanic ash and radioactive particles
Dear Jonathan, et al.,
With regards the uppercase issue, I'm not expressing an opinion either way, but just highlighting the standard name guidelines (
http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/guidelines.html) which say
Guidelines for Construction of CF Standard Names<
http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-standard-names/docs/guidelines.html>
cfconventions.org
Standard names may be qualified by the addition of phrases in certain standard forms and order. These qualifications do not change the units of the quantity.
"Standard names consist of lower-letters, digits and underscores, and begin with a letter. Upper case is not used."
Is this document to be strictly adhered to, or should it be interpreted as just guidelines?
Thanks, David
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