[ESIP-CF] Continuing forward

[Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102)]

On Mar 28, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Ted Habermann wrote:

> Hello CF'ers,
> 
> The tragic loss of Rob Raskin last month has left a cavern in the ESIP community (and others) that will be difficult to fill.  One small part of that cavern is the CF-Cluster that Rob started and served as interim chair of.  This seems to be a natural place for me to try to pick up the pieces and continue forward. The objectives of the cluster are currently:
> 
> Propose extensions to the CF naming conventions that are relevant to observational data
> Create use cases and interoperability demos that demonstrate the value of CF usage in remote sensing
> Provide tutorials at Federation meetings on the use of the CF conventions
> 
> If the group agrees, I would like to extend the vision beyond these CF goals to include a variety of documentation dialects. ESIP is a place for making connections and I think the time is right for understandings and conventions that extend across the breadth of the ESIP. 
> 
> A CF Interoperability Rant has been scheduled for May 3 and I have proposed a documentation workshop for this summer's meeting (http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Documenting_Data_in_Multiple_Dialects). I would like to organize that workshop around shared documentation needs

I can contribute some needs.

> and mechanisms for addressing those needs in multiple dialects.  Please let me know if you would like to contribute. 
> 
> We clearly need a variety of expertise to continue forward. Please let colleagues that are interested in the general documentation problem or with expertise in particular approaches other than CF know that we may be expanding the scope of the CF Cluster. 
> 
> Ted
> 
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Dr. Christopher Lynnes     NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2    phone: 301-614-5185