[Esip-documentation] ACDD meeting #3 results, topics for tomorrow

[Bob Simons - NOAA Federal via Esip-documentation]

Well. Time is up.  I only had time to do a partial read of the currently 
proposed ACDD 1.3.2 at
http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Attribute_Convention_for_Data_Discovery_1-3
I hope we delay voting to ratify ACDD 1.3 so that we can make small 
changes/improvements/fixes.

Here are some questions, comments and corrections:


Correction:
In Alignment with NetCDF and CF Conventions, please remove
"with the exception of 'institution'; we specify 'creator_institution' 
and 'publisher_institution', to provide more provenance information"

Correction:
In Maintenance of Metadata, shouldn't "characterize their containing 
(parent) granules."  be something like
"characterize the data to which they are attached."?  "granules" is too 
limiting.

Suggestion:
For cdm_data_type, it is unfortunate that previous versions of ACDD 
included a link to a specific list.
Surely the intention is to evolve as Unidata/THREDDS/the common data 
model evolves, even if that particular list doesn't evolve.
Can we please remove that link and add the values from the CF DSG 
chapter that aren't in the current list here: timeSeries, 
timeSeriesProfile, trajectoryProfile?
And please remove the NODC guidance link. That is NODC guidance about 
the DSG variants that NODC prefers and is not strictly relevant to a 
list of cdm data types.

Question:
In Attribute Crosswalks, has the data in the Mappings page been updated 
to include attributes that have recently been added or modified? I don't 
think so.

Suggestion:
In Overview, could you change "and use data efficiently" to "and use 
data correctly and efficiently"?

Suggestion:
In Definitions: Data and Metadata, could you change
"specifically to the values within the file, and the attributes of the 
file, respectively."
to
"specifically to the data values associated with the data variables, and 
the global and variable attributes in the file, respectively."
or something like that?

Suggestion:
For id, shouldn't "The id should not include blanks." be
"The id should not include any whitespace characters."



-- 
Sincerely,

Bob Simons
IT Specialist
Environmental Research Division
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
99 Pacific St, Suite 255A
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: (831)333-9878 (Changed 2014-08-20)
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Email: bob.simons at noaa.gov

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