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IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center (V2)
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Update NGDAC-NetCDF-File-Format-Version 2 #106

Closed BeckyBaltes closed 8 years ago

BeckyBaltes commented 8 years ago

Matt pointed out on our call today that our example text for attribution says "This work supported by funding from..." https://github.com/ioos/ioosngdac/wiki/NGDAC-NetCDF-File-Format-Version-2

This should be updated to show "Attribution: x,y,z" or something equivalent.

kerfoot commented 8 years ago

I think he might be confused (or I am): That's the NetCDF acknowledgement global attribute. I thought we were using what was input on the attributions form field when the deployment is registered? If this field was not filled out, then we were using this attribute to fill in the information.

I'd prefer not to impose restrictions on what users can and cannot use as values for NetCDF global attributes.

BeckyBaltes commented 8 years ago

You're right. It is the acknowledgement global attribute he's referring to. I'll update him.

lukecampbell commented 8 years ago

The acknowledgement attribute is for free form attribution.

If you don't fill in the attribution form field here: attribution

Then we use the acknowledgement attribute value in your first upload of your deployment. Here: acknowledgement

All of this goes into the GliderDAC's internal database which stores very highlevel metadata about deployments. The entire database is available as JSON API:

http://data.ioos.us/gliders/providers/api/deployment

The attribution attribute should be used by API clients to give proper attribution for the deployment.