Re: more questions about dimension scales - their size vs. the size

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• Subject: Re: more questions about dimension scales - their size vs. the size
• From: Ed Hartnett <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:55:15 -0600

"Robert E. McGrath" <mcgrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Yes, we made a deliberate design decision to not require dimension
> scale datasets to be the same size as the dimension.
>
> There are use cases where you might not want this, e.g., the
> scale values are every 5th tick mark.
>
> Also, it is not clear what the semantics should be if a dataset
> is extended:  what should happen to an associated dimension scale
> dataset?  What if it is shared by several datasets?
>
> As to the interpretation: that is entirely up to the application.
>
> In the case of NC4, you should define some constraints, perhaps
> as conventions.  If necessary, you could put an additional
> attribute on the scale dataset, to indicate that this should
> be interpreted according to NC4 conventions.
>

OK, thanks!

Ed
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Ed Hartnett  -- ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  • Re: more questions about dimension scales - their size vs. the size
    • From: Robert E. McGrath