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9.3 A Brief History of CF
How a community standard gets established from
the bottom up, with agreement on open processes for evolving conventions
and reaching consensus.
- Evolved from simple netCDF User Guide conventions (1989), COARDS
standard (1995), GDT (1999), and NCAR CSM (1999) conventions
- 2000-2003: Developed by volunteer efforts (Brian Eaton, Jonathan
Gregory, Bob Drach, Karl Taylor, and Steve Hankin)
- 2003: CF 1.0 released
- 2005: CF white paper discussing future governance
circulated
- 2006: WCRP/WGCM asked to assume responsibility for stewardship
- 2007: Rules for community-initiated changes to CF conventions
agreed upon
- 2008: CF 1.3 released, atmospheric chemistry community use increases
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