[netcdfgroup] New reference descriptions for netCDF formats

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] New reference descriptions for netCDF formats
• From: Russ Rew <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:55:44 -0600

Hi,

New reference descriptions for netCDF formats have recently been added
to

  Sustainability of Digital Formats
  http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/

This web site is in use for planning for US Library of Congress
collections.

Direct links to the format descriptions are:

  NetCDF-3, Network Common Data Form, version 3
  http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000330.shtml

  NetCDF-4, Network Common Data Form, Version 4
  http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000332.shtml

  NetCDF-4C, Network Common Data Form, Version 4, Classic Model  
  http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000339.shtml

Ben Domenico and I helped review these descriptions, but credit for the
clarity, completeness, and accuracy of the information about netCDF
should go to Caroline Arms, a Library of Congress contractor and
co-compiler of the resource.  

I recommend these concise summaries of the netCDF format variants for
reference, comparison with other formats, and use in citations.

--Russ