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Andrea & all-in an attempt to address currently open items let me come back to the issue raised by Andrea Aime / Steven Keens:
Q: should we allow, in WCS 1.2, that null values are identified not only by a value or a list of values, but additionally by intervals?
Examples:
myIntNullValues = { -65534, [-1 ... +1] }
myFloatNullValues = { 0, [2.71 ... 3.14], [0.999 ... 1.001] }
Background:
- Currently (WCS 1.1.2) allows zero or more null values in
wcsDescribeCoverage.xsd:
0..* ows:CodeType - in WCS 1.0.0 null values were described by (values.xsd):0|1 valueEnumType ("Enumeration of TBD values which consists of a sequence of intervals and/or single values.") I think I remember we gave up at some time when there was no light at the end of the complexity tunnel, such as in dealing with open/closed boundaries (which are present, but not defined 1.0.0).
Arguments:pro: was possible in WCS 1.0.0, we shouldn' reduce functionality nor backwards compatbility (and 1.0.0 is important for a significant user group) pro: especially when dealing with floating point numbers it is unstable to use specific values and use "==". Intervals allow for a numerically appropriate handling. con: adds complexity to a server implementation, and potentially to a client which attempts to seriously deal with null values. (Of course it is up to a service to make use of null intervals.)
con: some semantic details seemingly waiting for clarification. Q to WCS implementors (in particular: GALEON): 1) do you see a need for intervals in your community? 2) would you see null intervals as a severe implementation burden? thanks, Peter -- Dr. Peter Baumann - Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs University Bremen www.faculty.iu-bremen.de/pbaumann, mail: p.baumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx tel: +49-421-200-3178, fax: +49-421-200-493178 - Executive Director, rasdaman GmbH Bremen (HRB 147737) www.rasdaman.com, mail: baumann@xxxxxxxxxxxx tel: 0800-rasdaman, fax: 0800-rasdafax, mobile: +49-173-5837882 "A brilliant idea is a job halfdone."
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