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Add Argo GDAC DOI in global attributes #43

Open tcarval opened 1 year ago

tcarval commented 1 year ago

Consider adding DOIs to acknowledge Argo data &/or other funding sources directly in the Argo files. According to ACDD-1.3, Argo GDAC DOI may be mentioned in global attributes as:

tcarval commented 1 year ago

Conclusion : add the "Argo GDAC doi" in the optional global attribute "id" The global attribute "id" is recommended by ACDD1.3 https://wiki.esipfed.org/Attribute_Convention_for_Data_Discovery_1-3#Recommended

_// global attributes: :title = "Argo float metadata file" ; :institution = "CORIOLIS" ; :source = "Argo float" ; :history = "2019-01-15T13:43:44Z creation; 2019-01-15T13:43:44Z last update (coriolis float real time data processing)" ; :references = "http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation" ; :id = "https://doi.org/10.17882/42182" ; :user_manual_version = "3.1" ;** :Conventions = "Argo-3.1 CF-1.6" ; :decoder_version = "CODA027d" ;

tcarval commented 1 year ago

A message from Annie: There are several entries in the global attributes section that are optional entries. I would suggest that this DOI addition, if agreed to go in the global attributes section, should also be considered an optional entry. In that case, the FileChecker will not need to check it.