It is unfortunate that the CDM names listed at the sites below are all
slightly different (different sets of names, different names for the
same feature, different case).
And it is unfortunate that there are two global attributes to identify
the CDM feature/data type (#2 and #3 below).
Is it possible that these could be standardized?
1)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/v4.0/javadoc/index.html
CF.FeatureType (e.g., "stationTimeSeries")
2) The cdm_data_type global attribute:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/formats/DataDiscoveryAttConvention.html
(e.g., "Station")
The UAF GeoIDE project is using this
https://nosc.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmc/swg/wiki/index.php?title=NetCDF_Attribute_Convention_for_Dataset_Discovery
3) The proposed CF:featureType global attribute:
https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/wiki/PointObservationConventions
section 9.8.3 (e.g., "timeSeries")
4)The THREDDS dataType types
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/catalog/InvCatalogSpec.html#dataType
(e.g., "Station")
Thank you for looking into this.
Sincerely,
Bob Simons
IT Specialist
Environmental Research Division
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
1352 Lighthouse Ave
Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2079
Phone: (831)658-3205
Fax: (831)648-8440
Email: bob.simons@xxxxxxxx
The contents of this message are mine personally and
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Government or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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