[Go-essp-tech] ESGF Telco today 2010/09/07

[Karl Taylor]

  one more thing .... The DRS document is being revised by Stephen and 
Martin (thanks!), and will be posted when ready.

Karl

On 9/9/10 1:50 PM, V. Balaji wrote:
> I don't have strong opinions on this, but I'd like someone to take the
> executive decision on this, post it to the cmip5 website, and thereafter
> freeze it (even if subsequent flaws are discovered: we can version
> datasets, but not the DRS itself:-). GFDL is on the verge of running its
> entire CMIP5 post-processing workflow in anger. At that point we are
> committed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drach, Bob writes:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm happy with adding cmor_table as another DRS field. This is a cleaner
>> solution, and easier to implement in the publisher than combining variable
>> and table.
>>
>> As far as ordering goes, I would suggest that cmor_table follow realm, since
>> in every case but one (6hrLev | 6hrPlev) the cmor_table can be inferred from
>> the combination of frequency and realm. This would make the ordering:
>>
>> cmip5/<product>/<institution>/<model>/<experiment>/<frequency>/<realm>/<cmor
>> _table>/<ensemble>/<version>/<variable>/<file>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On 9/8/10 10:55 PM, "Martina Stockhause"<martina.stockhause at zmaw.de>  wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Karl, dear all,
>>>
>>> the last suggestion was Gavin's in the discussion. We will implement
>>> that in the QCWrapper unless anyone has objections against it.
>>>
>>> cmip5/<product>/<institution>/<model>/<experiment>/<frequency>/<realm>/<ensemb
>>> le>/<version>/<variable>/<cmor2_table>/<file>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the clarification !
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Martina
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl Taylor wrote:
>>>>   Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> We probably shouldn't spend any more time on this.   Either proposed
>>>> solution seems to solve the probelm, so maybe we go with "group
>>>> think", unless someone can point out some practical implication that
>>>> that choice will make more work for someone (especially the users of
>>>> the archive).
>>>>
>>>> best regards,
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>> On 9/8/10 10:34 AM, Gavin M. Bell wrote:
>>>>> Suggestion....
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you please make the second to last token, namely:
>>>>> <variable>_<table>, be like the other tokens in the taxonomy.
>>>>> Specifically make it<variable>/<table>.  When parsing this, it makes
>>>>> it a bit difficult to look for this new delimiter.  It complicates
>>>>> things a bit.  Does it also mean that "_" are not allowed as a
>>>>> character in any of the other bits of the taxonomy.  The regex
>>>>> becomes a real pain and "regular" parsing is even worse.  It would
>>>>> make everything quite a bit simpler if it was like the others. i.e.
>>>>>
>>>>> cmip5/<product>/<institution>/<model>/<experiment>/<frequency>/<realm>/<ense
>>>>> mble>/<version>/<variable>/<table>/<file>
>>>>>
>>>>> Furthermore, is this structure saying that we are always going to be
>>>>> using "cmip5" as the root of this taxonomy?
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know your thoughts.  If you can accommodate this it
>>>>> would be great!
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/7/10 3:17 AM, stephen.pascoe at stfc.ac.uk wrote:
>>>>>> Today we plan to discuss the DRS directory structure and
>>>>>> prerequisites for starting replication tests between DKRZ and BADC.
>>>>>> I am putting together an agenda at the link below, it's still
>>>>>> evolving but comments welcome.  Telephone details are also below.
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>> *Agenda:
>>>>>> *http://****proj.badc.rl.ac.uk/go-essp/wiki/CMIP5/Meetings/telco100907
>>>>>> *Telco details:*
>>>>>> 16:00 BST, 17:00 CEST, 8:00 PDT, 9:00 MDT, 11:00 EDT.
>>>>>> +01 (925) 424-8105 access code 305757#
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Stephen Pascoe  +44 (0)1235 445980
>>>>>> British Atmospheric Data Centre
>>>>>> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
>>>>>>
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>>>>> Gavin M. Bell
>>>>> Lawrence Livermore National Labs
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