Hello Ben,
I totally agree with you that there is a need to standardize MIME
media type for CF-netCDF data, which should be probably different from
simply using application/netcdf.
I think now is the time to share the summary of discussion here with
cf-metadata.
Give me a moment, I'll write to cf-metadata.
Best Regards,
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Ben Domenico <Ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Eizi,
The idea of using the MIME parameters is a new one and I don't think anyone
has thought through the details yet. In particular, I too am confused by
the introduction of yet another way to pass parameters. However, the need
for a mime type to characterize the CF-netCDF encoding extension to WCS is
well established.
For now, I agree with you that the important thing is to start the process
of deciding on and establishing what that should be. Your suggestion seems
to be a sound one to me. We can start with application/x-cf-netcdf and
apply for official registration of application/cf-netcdf. But, of course,
the opinion of the CF community is the deciding factor.
-- Ben
