[CF-metadata] standard name proposal for CCMVal

[Martin Juckes]

The question was why not use passive to mean not active? It is not a 
complicated concept. 

Martin

On Friday 07 March 2008 12:20, you wrote:
> > What is wrong with using passive to mean not active?
> 
> What's wrong is that "active" and "passive" can both mean different things 
in
> different applications. Is passive is only ever used in atmos chem with
> precisely the meaning you gave (initialised from a real species, 
subsequently
> transported like it but no other effects at all)? Jonathan
> 
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