Re: [thredds] NcML and the <geospatialCoverage> element

• To: Nathan Potter <ndp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [thredds] NcML and the <geospatialCoverage> element
• From: Roy Mendelssohn <Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:41:20 -0800

Hi Nathan:

Look at:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/formats/DataDiscoveryAttConvention.html

-Roy

On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Nathan Potter wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I have some questions about the origin of the thredds:geospaptialCoverage 
> element that is commonly found in THREDDS catalogs. It is my understanding 
> that:
> 
> - The TDS can generate this metadata element by interrogating certain types 
> of source data files.
> - People that write their own THREDDS catalog files to be served by the TDS 
> can add the thredds:geospaptialCoverage metadata directly to their catalogs 
> (using whatever process they wish).
> 
> Is the thredds:geospaptialCoverage also something that can be added through 
> normal channels in NcML augmented data sets?
> 
> 
> 
> = = =
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