[netcdfgroup] storing data in attributes

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] storing data in attributes
• From: "Helsloot, T." <thelsloot@xxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:06:04 +0100

Hello,

How bad of an idea is it to store data in attributes?
I want to store settings (metadata) containing 600+ key value pairs.
These settings may change in time, though infrequently and they don't need to 
be read often.

I could store them as attributes with a key and a 1D array of values, which has 
the advantage that I have all the metadata within the .nc file.
In an extreme case the array will grow to a thousand entries.
Alternatively I would store the settings history in a separate text file.

Any thoughts on this are appreciated,

Regards,
Torben

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