> Ed Hartnett wrote:
>
> >John Caron <caron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >>2. So, generally I like your Dimension Scale proposal. The main things
> >>we need are 1) shared Dimensions even when theres not a coordinate
> >>variable (perhaps a Dimension Scale without the values?), 2) each
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I wonder, though, why we need this in HDF.
> >
> >If we have a shared dimension without coordinate values, how is that
> >different from an unshared dimension without coordinate values (which
> >is what HDF currently provides?)
> >
> >
> >Ed
> >
> >
> we need shared dimensions: almost all higher level Conventions rely on
> them. they dont always rely on them for just coordinate variables.
> Generalizarions of coordinate variables also need shared dimensions, but
> cannot use coordinate variables.
"ditto" :-)
Quincey
