Re: [netcdfgroup] Building alternative file format backends for NetCDF

  • Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] Building alternative file format backends for NetCDF
  • From: Dennis Heimbigner <dmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:53:09 -0700
oops sent the wrong document (still a doxygen file)
=Dennis Heimbigner
Unidata

stephen.pascoe@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,

We have been maintaining a C-level interface between the UK MetOffice PP-format 
and the CDAT/CDMS tool for many years and are interested in exploring whether 
we can port this code to work directly inside the NetCDF library.  Given that 
the NetCDF library already works transparently with OPeNDAP, there must be a 
format backend layer of some sort.  Indeed I remember asking a question about 
this at some GO-ESSP meeting several years ago.  IIRC Rus Rew was encouraging 
that it would be possible in principle, and that there was already an interface 
layer that we could use.

We would appreciate any advice on the feasibility of this and any pointers to 
where in the codebase we would find the interface point to add additional 
format backends (for read only).  I've cloned the github repo but the codebase 
is quite extensive.

Many thanks,
Stephen.

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Stephen Pascoe  +44 (0)1235 445980
Centre of Environmental Data Archival
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK




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