[CF-metadata] omega

[Stephens, A (Ag)]

Dear Jonathan,

I think there certainly needs to be a mapping from the alias names in
metadata discovery tools, as people will come in from various fields with
variable terminology.

Cheers,

Ag

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Gregory [mailto:j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk]
> Sent: 10 February 2004 08:45
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: [CF-metadata] omega
> 
> 
> Dear Ag
> 
> Yes, omega is already and will remain an alias. Because data 
> lasts for ever,
> we will always have to retain previous standard names as 
> aliases. The intention
> of aliases isn't to provide other ways of indexing the 
> standard names, however.
> For that purpose, maybe we need to provide a search facility 
> which would look
> at the descriptions as well as the standard names. Then, for 
> instance, if the
> word "omega" appears in the description of 
> lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure,
> it would find it for you when you search on "omega".
> 
> In the earlier discussion, "omega" was decided to be too 
> cryptic for those not
> familiar with atmospheric dynamics.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Jonathan
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