Re: [netcdfgroup] Future file formats

• To: "dmh@xxxxxxxx" <dmh@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] Future file formats
• From: Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate <gerry.creager@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 15:01:59 -0500

Perhaps we should follow the example of the IP networking world and
completely foregoe netCDF-5, heading straight to netCDF-6.

gerry

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 2:44 PM, dmh@xxxxxxxx <dmh@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Actually, the term "netcdf-5" got usurped by the
> developers of pnetcdf, which supports a slightly extended
> version of netcdf-3. The most recent versions of the netcdf-c
> library support the netcdf-5 format
> So the next available number would
> be netcdf-6.
>
> You might look at this.
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/en/entry/high-pe
> rformance-netcdf-4-proposal
>
> =Dennis Heimbigner
>  Unidata
>
>
> On 11/1/2017 1:27 PM, Julian Kunkel wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>> there was many years ago the April fool:
>> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/developer/entry/netcdf_5_format_to_be
>>
>> I'm just curious if there are activities known by you that actually
>> move on towards any NetCDF-5 format?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julian
>>
>>
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