[Esip-documentation] on documenting instrument and platform metadata

[Nan Galbraith]

I've approached CF with several instrument-related questions, and I think
this kind of provenance info is way outside their area of interest. You know
how modelers are ...
> Is there a real need for Yet Another Standard?
The way an ADCP (e.g.)  is set up and deployed is critical for understanding
how you can use the resulting data. Since that info needs to be 
recorded, it seems
reasonable that there should be a discussion leading to some guidelines 
on how
to encode it, if only so others will know where to look.

That doesn't mean that the ACDD group, or the CF folks, need to tackle 
this, just
that someone, somewhere, should.  Personally, I'd like to see ACDD 
stripped down
to attributes that would be classified primarily as 'discovery' - the 
most contentious
fields would then be removed, and I could start using it again.

Actually, IMHO, the nice thing about standards is that if they don't 
interest you, you
don't need to bother with them.
-- Nan Galbraith

On 3/20/15 11:16 AM, Bob Simons - NOAA Federal via Esip-documentation wrote:
> Isn't "use" metadata CF's realm? I know Ethan Davis has a proposal in 
> to EarthCube to expand the use of CF to other earth science domains. 
> Shouldn't we leave "use" metadata to CF?
>
> Is there a real need for Yet Another Standard? If you want new "use" 
> metadata attributes, wouldn't it be best to work with the CF group to 
> add them to CF?
>
> The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to 
> choose from.
> -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:58 AM, John Graybeal via Esip-documentation 
> <esip-documentation at lists.esipfed.org 
> <mailto:esip-documentation at lists.esipfed.org>> wrote:
>
>     I have always seen the Venn diagram of these (provenance, use,
>     discovery) as overlapping. Interesting to pursue further.
>
>     If there is a call today I'm afraid i will have to miss it.
>
>     John
>
>     On Mar 19, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Ge Peng - NOAA Affiliate via
>     Esip-documentation <esip-documentation at lists.esipfed.org
>     <mailto:esip-documentation at lists.esipfed.org>> wrote:
>
>>     Actually, I think that Jim’s suggestion of developing ACUP - the
>>     Attribute Conventions for Usage and Provenance is a great idea.
>>     Hopefully, it will be picked up by someone and developed by the
>>     group in not so distant future.
>>
>>
>>     --- Peng
>>
>>
>>     On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Jim Biard via
>>     Esip-documentation <esip-documentation at lists.esipfed.org
>>     <mailto:esip-documentation at lists.esipfed.org>> wrote:
>>

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