[thredds] [THREDDS #ALR-352869]: CDM validation service for Discrete Sampling Geometry?

• To: rsignell@xxxxxxxx
• Subject: [thredds] [THREDDS #ALR-352869]: CDM validation service for Discrete Sampling Geometry?
• From: "Unidata THREDDS Support" <support-thredds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:39:41 -0700

Hi Rich,

I took a look, and the short answer is "no," there is not a CDM validation 
service beyond gridded data.  However, this is something that we should 
implement, so it is now achieved JIRA ticket (TDS-376) status:

https://bugtracking.unidata.ucar.edu/browse/TDS-376

Thanks,
  Lansing

> TDS folks,
> Is there a CDM validation service for Discrete Sampling Geometry CDM
> featureTypes?
> (profile, time series, etc)
> 
> The CDM Validation service:
> http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/cdmvalidator/validate.html
> linked from the TDS page:
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/TDS.html#CDM_Coordinate_System_Validator
> seems to be from TDS 4.0, and validates grids but not discrete
> sampling geometry.
> 
> The "download the latest cdmvalidation.war file" link points to:
> ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/thredds/4.0/cdmvalidator.war
> ftp> cd /pub/thredds/4.0
> ftp> ls
> -rwxrw-r--    1 ftp      ftp          3939 Aug 31  2009 CHANGES.txt
> -rwxrw-r--    1 ftp      ftp          1177 Aug 31  2009 README.txt
> -rwxrw-r--    1 ftp      ftp      14677873 Mar 24  2009 cdmvalidator.war
> drwxrwxr-x    2 ftp      ftp           512 Jul 20  2009 old
> drwxrwxr-x    2 ftp      ftp           512 Jul 22  2009 rc
> drwxrwxr-x    2 ftp      ftp           512 Jul 30  2009 test
> -rwxrw-r--    1 ftp      ftp      23320016 Aug 31  2009 thredds.war
> 
> 
> and I can't find a similar war file in the thredds/4.3 area:
> ftp> cd /pub/thredds/4.3/4.3.15
> ftp> ls
> -rwxrw-r--    1 ftp      ftp      29392690 Dec 18 19:30 thredds.war
> -rwxrw-r--    1 ftp      ftp            32 Dec 18 19:30 thredds.war.md5
> -rwxrw-r--    1 ftp      ftp            40 Dec 18 19:30 thredds.war.sha1
> 
> If this doesn't exist, it would be great to put it on the "to-do" list.
> 
> I know the NetCDF-Java ToolsUI route of testing these feature types
> (outlines, for example in the "will my dataset work?" section of:
> <https://github.com/asascience-open/ncSOS/wiki>
> but a web-based service would be very helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rich
> --
> Dr. Richard P. Signell   (508) 457-2229
> USGS, 384 Woods Hole Rd.
> Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ALR-352869
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open