Re: Proposed netCDF attribute convention for dataset discovery

Hi Luis,

Luis Bermudez wrote:

> Hi Ethan,
>
> Nice document!
>
> I would say that we also add another item in the "Things to Think  
> about": the mapping among the different standard vocabularies: "CF",  
> "GCMD", "ADN", and "SWEET", etc..
>  
We've been thinking about this some with our vocabulary mappings in the 
THREDDS catalog spec. I know we've looked at the mapping between GRIB 
variables and CF standard names. It might be good to think about 
mappings between standard keywords as well.

> And let me suggest too, the need to create unique ids for vocabularies.  
> That way we can mapped them and better discover datasets. Not only  
> using String matching, but by using explicit crosswalks among them.  
> Better if the id is a URI.
>  
I added all of this to the "Things to Think About" section

Thanks,

Ethan

> Luis
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ethan Davis [mailto:address@hidden]
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We've been working on drafting a document for a netCDF attribute
> > convention to help facilitate dataset discovery. The attributes  
> > parallel
> > the "digital library metadata" defined in the THREDDS catalog
> > specification
> > (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/catalog/InvCatalogSpec.html).
> > The attributes will be used by THREDDS tools to extract metadata from
> > datasets and export to Dublin Core, DIF, ADN, FGDC, ISO 19115, etc.
> > Here's the link to the document:
> >
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf-java/formats/DataDiscoveryAttConvention.html
> >
> > We would appreciate your thoughts and comments.
> >    
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