Hi Roy,
Many thanks for this. The current version of the editor software that I use to maintain the standard name table does check for stray white space, so hopefully there won't be any more instances of this in the future, but I agree that it's a good idea to check that they are being submitted correctly to the NERC vocab server.
I have also replied to Gwyn's email on the mailing list, but I think the list may actually be down at the moment (certainly I can't access the archives online). I'll report the problem to the list owner.
Cheers,
Alison
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From: Lowry, Roy K. [mailto:***@bodc.ac.uk]
Sent: 01 November 2016 14:43
To: Gwyn Fireman; cf-***@cgd.ucar.edu
Cc: Pamment, Alison (STFC,RAL,RALSP); Thomas, Rob; Moncoiffe, Gwenaelle
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] White space in CF standard names
Thanks Gwyn,
That is what is known as an error in need of correction and should be dealt with by aliasing in the next release.
I've also copied in a couple of colleagues in BODC so we can take steps to prevent embedded blanks in Standard Names. We work in collaboration with CF and run a series of checks on Standard Name updates before publication. A check for spaces can easily be added.
Cheers, Roy.
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From: Gwyn Fireman <***@nasa.gov<mailto:***@nasa.gov>>
Sent: 01 November 2016 14:22
To: Lowry, Roy K.; cf-***@cgd.ucar.edu<mailto:cf-***@cgd.ucar.edu>
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] White space in CF standard names
Right. But "rate_of_ hydroxyl_radical_destruction_due_to_reaction_with_nmvoc" is an entry, not an alias.
On 11/01/2016 04:27 AM, Lowry, Roy K. wrote:
Aliasing is the mechanism used by CF to deprecate Standard Names and was applied to the one of your examples I checked (mole_fraction_of_chlorine dioxide_in_air) in 2008.
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