Documentation on the "type" attribute for instruments

[kwilcox]

Here it gives the example attribute instrument_ctd:type = "platform" ;. Is this correct? I was expecting instrument_ctd:type = "instrument" ;.

[lukecampbell]

@kerfoot Could you weigh in here?

To the best of my knowledge there is no standard that describes an attribute type for an instrument variable. And I don't think it's used for anything by NODC for archiving. So, it can probably be a free-form attribute, but I'd like John to weigh in.

[kwilcox]

Glider DAC plugin for the CC requires it:

Corrective Actions

Name    Priority    Corrective action
Container Variables 2   instrument_ctd variable is missing required attribute type

[lukecampbell]

Correct, it requires it but it doesn't care what's inside the attribute, so you can set it to whatever you want.

[kerfoot]

Kyle,

I think you're right. It should probably be set to instrument, not platform.

John

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Correct, it requires it but it doesn't care what's inside the attribute, so you can set it to whatever you want.

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[lukecampbell]

@kwilcox you can go ahead and set instrument_ctd:type = "instrument"; good catch. We'll update the wiki with our next round of edits.

I'd like to leave this issue open until the wiki is updated. The gliderDAC plugin doesn't check attribute contents, so we should be ok on that front.

[kerfoot]

Migrating towards standardized vocabularies for instrument, platforms, institutions, etc. Closing.