[Go-essp-tech] Options for implementing DRS URLs in CMIP5

[V. Balaji]

For the record, we (GFDL) are planning to store the files in directories
following DRS: we see no reason not to.

Bryan Lawrence writes:

> Hi Stephen
>
> I am still given to understand that CMOR will write out the
> appropriate directory heirarchy ... so why would a node manager want
> to arrange it differently? (One of the reasons I have been against
> symlinks is that does impact on how one would organise the data in
> ways that do impact on physical layout).
>
> In your document there appear to be some assumptions: - that a
> rewrite filter on the thredds interface would achieve the result
> (is the thredds interface the only one that matters)?  - that (in
> some options) we'd all not follow the DRS, but follow some other
> common pattern?
>
> I don't believe either to be true (once you throw out the DRS),
> but I'm not sure they're assumptions either :-)
>
> Cheers
> Bryan

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