[Esip-documentation] information on related files

[Nan Galbraith]

Hi ESIP, NetCDF, and THREDDS folks -

First, I'm sorry for the cross posting. I have a hard time figuring
out which NetCDF list does what; there are 'best practices' threads
on several lists, interspersed with install and development threads.

The OceanSITES project would like to find the most useful way to
provide a link within a NetCDF file to an external dataset.

 > Another piece I am missing ... is an optional field, that link to a
 > data DOI. Why? Here's an example: We operate an OceanSITES site off
 > the Cape Verdes and the sediment trap data is ... not included in an
 > netcdf file but processed and stored elsewhere
 > https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.863969

Does THREDDS have a standard way to provide links to related or
co-located data? Is this something we discussed as part of ESIP's
ACDD recommendations? I've been searching through my store
of old messages, and haven't come up with anything.

Thanks very much for any advice on this!

- Nan Galbraith


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