[Go-essp-tech] [metafor] Minutes: 1/6/10 Output Variable Telecon

[Hans Ramthun]

Hallo Mark,

Yes of course there are several points of collaboration. I'm happy not
to dig alone through the mountain...

I published my very first steps in the Metafor svn:
http://metaforclimate.eu/trac/browser/cimTOOLS/branches/ESG-DB-access-TEST
The first test was with the python library 'psycopg2'.

Cheers
Hans


Mark Morgan wrote:
> Hans
>
> Here at IPSL we are in the process of beginning to do exactly the same
> thing: coding a python library to interface with the ESG publisher
> postgres database in order to act as a prelimnary step in the Metafor
> CIM publishing process.
>
> Perhaps this can be a point of collaboration either in the development
> or testing (or both)?
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
>
> Hans Ramthun wrote:
>> Hallo,
>>
>> Bryan Lawrence wrote:
>>  
>>> ...
>>>      
>>>> Right now, we would have to parse the thredds catalog as you say to
>>>> get the list of variables.  No code exists to convert the data
>>>> collection names into a list of variable names.  Code does exist to
>>>> create the list of data collections.
>>>>           
>>> I think we all need a bit of code for that. We should write it
>>> standalone so we can all use the logic if not the code ... 
>>> hopefully this is on the agenda for Hans and/or Stephen.
>>>       
>> On my agenda is to access the ESG publisher postgres database with
>> SQLAlchemy and to retrieve the appropriate data to create CIMRecords
>> (dataObject). This should led to a stand alone python program. I think
>> Stephen wants to go the same way.
>>
>>  
>>> Cheers
>>> Bryan
>>>       
>> Cheers
>> Hans
>>
>>   
>


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