[Esip-documentation] ACDD adjudication meeting today!

Tue Oct 14 14:18:04 EDT 2014

I don't think I can make the meeting, but I need to urge you to remove the
word 'original' from Bob S's proposed definition of 'date_created'.

This would be a SUBSTANTIAL change from the original definition, and makes
my existing metadata wrong; furthermore this definition makes the term 
useless
for many observational data sets. The date on which a real time data set was
'originally created' is not something anyone keeps track of for real 
time data.

Original: The date on which the data was created.
IMHO, this is fine, because it leaves the term 'created' open to the 
data-writer's
own common sense.

I also like the idea of adding date_metadata_modified, which, for in 
situ data,
completes the timeline information any user really needs.

If the other proposed terms in the time category are approved, I hope 
they'll
be 'suggested', not 'recommended', because I think a perfectly 
well-documented
NetCDF file can be written without any of them.

On 10/14/14 1:22 PM, John Graybeal via Esip-documentation wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Sorry for the late reminder, but we are having our third and hopefully 
> final ACDD adjudication meeting today. It will be at the usual time (2 
> PM Eastern, 11 AM Pacific). *Call-in details below* (here's a direct 
> webex link 
> <https://esipfed.webex.com/esipfed/j.php?MTID=ma90918bfe9b294558a752bf043b4b25a>). 
> The results get forwarded to the ESIP Documentation Cluster full 
> meeting on Thursday.
>
> We have five topics to approve or discuss, and will deal with them in 
> the following order:
>
> (1) *contributor_role*: (row 38, column G of Version Changes 
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fl5AgGkckG03yTchUjYUp4YnR09Fn1Nqps2KHenkC4/edit#gid=849563469>): 
> proposed consent item, updating text
>
> Added the text "Multiple roles should be presented in the same order 
> and number as the names in contributor_names." This was to address the 
> issue raised: "Need guidance on how to format the role values so they 
> are associated with the corresponding name values, such as use same 
> index in each attribute array. _Philip jones"
>
> (2) *program *(row 29, columns G/I of Version Changes 
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fl5AgGkckG03yTchUjYUp4YnR09Fn1Nqps2KHenkC4/edit#gid=849563469>): Newly 
> proposed attribute and defintion(s):
>
> original proposal:
> "The overarching program(s) of which the dataset is a part."
> proposed replacement:
>
> "A program consists of a set (or portfolio) of related and possibly 
> interdependent projects that meet an overarching objective. Examples: 
> GHRSST, NOAA CDR, NASA EOS, JPSS, GOES-R."
>
> (3) Geospatial Bounds attributes:
>
> 3A) *geospatial_bounds* **(row 38, column G of Version Changes 
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fl5AgGkckG03yTchUjYUp4YnR09Fn1Nqps2KHenkC4/edit#gid=849563469>): 
> Newly proposed definition
>
> 3B) *geospatial_vertical_units* (row 45, column G of Version Changes 
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fl5AgGkckG03yTchUjYUp4YnR09Fn1Nqps2KHenkC4/edit#gid=849563469>): 
> Proposed for consent (complex definition)
>
> 3C) *geospatial_vertical_positive * (row 45, column G of Version 
> Changes 
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fl5AgGkckG03yTchUjYUp4YnR09Fn1Nqps2KHenkC4/edit#gid=849563469>): 
> Proposed for consent (minor addition)
>
> 3D) *geospatial_*_units*  (rows 47 & 49, column G of Version Changes 
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fl5AgGkckG03yTchUjYUp4YnR09Fn1Nqps2KHenkC4/edit#gid=849563469>): 
> Proposed for consent (minor change)
>
> (4) Datestamp and Timestamp attributes
>
> We will work with the Datestamps 
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fl5AgGkckG03yTchUjYUp4YnR09Fn1Nqps2KHenkC4/edit#gid=1933494942> spreadsheet 
> in discussing this item. We will follow this sequence:
> (a) Determine if we can agree on any improvements to date_created, 
> date_modified, and date_issued definitions.
> (b) Determine if we can agree on any additional attributes.
> (c) Determine if we can agree on any other changes, e.g., to the 
> Attribute Content Guidance.
>
> For 4c, we will use the text in the 1.3 document 
> <http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Attribute_Convention_for_Data_Discovery_1-3> for 
> the discussion.
>
> (5) Any remaining topics or concerns.
>
> See you on the call.
>
> John
>
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