No we use it extensively. Look at any of he satellite data at our TDS
(http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.html). It is just since this
is not automatically produced by the TDS that we have a program of our own that
generates our catalogs.
-Roy
On Jan 14, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Benno Blumenthal wrote:
> So, to be really concrete, despite this convention of using netcdf attributes
> to insert metadata which you just pointed us to, you don't use it at all, you
> just scan your netcdf files yourself and generate the TDS XML directly.
>
> Benno
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Roy Mendelssohn <Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> We did this "by hand" (well actually we have a program that does it) in
> generating our catalogs not certain ow others do it.
>
> -Roy
>
> On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Nathan Potter wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Roy,
> >
> > Briefly scanning that page it looks like this gist of it is that one could
> > use NcML to add/complete a "Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0" set of metadata
> > to a data set. THis could then be harvested by the TDS, or by other
> > software that understood the "Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0" convention.
> >
> > Is that the general idea?
> >
> > N
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Roy Mendelssohn wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Nathan:
> >>
> >> Look at:
> >>
> >> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/formats/DataDiscoveryAttConvention.html
> >>
> >> -Roy
> >>
> >> On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Nathan Potter wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Greetings,
> >>>
> >>> I have some questions about the origin of the thredds:geospaptialCoverage
> >>> element that is commonly found in THREDDS catalogs. It is my
> >>> understanding that:
> >>>
> >>> - The TDS can generate this metadata element by interrogating certain
> >>> types of source data files.
> >>> - People that write their own THREDDS catalog files to be served by the
> >>> TDS can add the thredds:geospaptialCoverage metadata directly to their
> >>> catalogs (using whatever process they wish).
> >>>
> >>> Is the thredds:geospaptialCoverage also something that can be added
> >>> through normal channels in NcML augmented data sets?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> = = =
> >>> Nathan Potter ndp at opendap.org
> >>> OPeNDAP, Inc. +1.541.231.3317
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
> >> NOAA/NMFS
> >> Environmental Research Division
> >> Southwest Fisheries Science Center
> >> 1352 Lighthouse Avenue
> >> Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097
> >>
> >> e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx (Note new e-mail address)
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> >>
> >> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
> >> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected"
> >>
> >
> > = = =
> > Nathan Potter ndp at opendap.org
> > OPeNDAP, Inc. +1.541.231.3317
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> **********************
> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S.
> Government or NOAA."
> **********************
> Roy Mendelssohn
> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
> NOAA/NMFS
> Environmental Research Division
> Southwest Fisheries Science Center
> 1352 Lighthouse Avenue
> Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097
>
> e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx (Note new e-mail address)
> voice: (831)-648-9029
> fax: (831)-648-8440
> www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/
>
> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected"
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal benno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> International Research Institute for climate and society
> The Earth Institute at Columbia University
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Roy Mendelssohn
Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
NOAA/NMFS
Environmental Research Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
1352 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097
e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx (Note new e-mail address)
voice: (831)-648-9029
fax: (831)-648-8440
www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/
"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
"From those who have been given much, much will be expected"
