[Go-essp-tech] DRS structure

[Estanislao Gonzalez]

Hi all,

I've realized we've been moving things from one place to another 
regarding the DRS components, and the DRS Reference Syntax document 
(from 7/4/2010) does not reflect this changes.

There are two major difference here:
1) versioning: the drslib tool is creating a structure which is, for the 
time being, not drs conform. I totally agree with the new 
version-component placement, but should that not be reflected in the DRS 
syntax document?
2) in CMIP5 Best Practices for Data Publication stays that the 
dataset_id should be: 
cmip5.<product>.<institute>.<model>.<experiment>.<time_frequency>.<realm>.<ensemble>
I know the dataset_id is not required to necessary match any drs 
structure. But I personally think we should avoid drs-similar 
identifiers, as IMHO it increases confusion.
I think this solution helps solving some publishing problems, but 
defines a new dataset level, the "ensemble dataset". And the 
realm-dataset is not being used anywhere else (or am I missing something?)

I'm not aware of the reasons behind the definition of the DRS structure 
as it currently is. But I think, we should avoid drifting away from that 
document. In any case the document should be updated first.

If I try to join all changes and proposals I've heard of, AFAIC the DRS 
structure we are going to appears to look something like:
cmip5.<product>.<institute>.<model>.<experiment>.<time_frequency>.<realm>.<ensemble>.<version>.<variable>

Which is different from the original:
cmip5.<product>.<institute>.<model>.<experiment>.<time_frequency>.<realm>.<variable>.<ensemble>.<version>

Can anyone with more knowledge on the subject comment on this?

Thanks,
Estani

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Estanislao Gonzalez

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