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

We did this "by hand"  (well actually we have a program that does it) in 
generating our catalogs not certain ow others do it.

-Roy

On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Nathan Potter wrote:

> 
> 
> Roy,
> 
> Briefly scanning that page it looks like this gist of it is that one could 
> use NcML to add/complete a "Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0" set of metadata 
> to a data set. THis could then be harvested by the TDS, or by other software 
> that understood the "Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0" convention.
> 
> Is that the general idea?
> 
> N
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Roy Mendelssohn wrote:
> 
>> 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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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> Government or NOAA."
>> **********************
>> Roy Mendelssohn
>> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
>> NOAA/NMFS
>> Environmental Research Division
>> Southwest Fisheries Science Center
>> 1352 Lighthouse Avenue
>> Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097
>> 
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>> 
>> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
>> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected"
>> 
> 
> = = =
> Nathan Potter                        ndp at opendap.org
> OPeNDAP, Inc.                        +1.541.231.3317
> 
> 
> 
> 

**********************
"The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. 
Government or NOAA."
**********************
Roy Mendelssohn
Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
NOAA/NMFS
Environmental Research Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
1352 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097

e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx (Note new e-mail address)
voice: (831)-648-9029
fax: (831)-648-8440
www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/

"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
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