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znicholls / CMIP6-json-data-citation-generator

Simple scripts to automatically generate json data citations for CMIP6 data files
https://cmip6-json-data-citation-generator.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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Adding version to citation #26

Closed znicholls closed 5 years ago

znicholls commented 5 years ago

Bug Report

Describe the bug

On the landing pages, e.g. https://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/cerasearch/cmip6?input=input4MIPs.CMIP6.ScenarioMIP.UoM.UoM-IMAGE-ssp126-1-2-1.atmos.mon.mole_fraction_of_halon1211_in_air.gr-0p5x360deg.20181127 the citation has ' Version YYYYMMDD'.

@MartinaSt is this how it is meant to be?

MartinaSt commented 5 years ago

@znicholls : The version is explained in the footnote ;-)

As our citations (esp. for CMIP6) are assigned for a data collection of evolving data (including all versions), a data user citing the data needs to specify the ESGF dataset version to specify the data subset used. ESGF CoG support filtering for version ranges in the "More Search Options" section.

I have to admit that the version is a bit confusing for input4MIPs as there is also a version included in the source_id.

To be specific for your example:

You find the ESGF version in the last part of your copied URL. I guess you were directed to the landing page from the ESGF CoG?

Btw, is the footnote understandable?

znicholls commented 5 years ago

Ok I see now.

Btw, is the footnote understandable?

It is understandable but it is, as you say, confusing. I think for two major reasons:

  1. there is a version included in the source_id
  2. the version you're meant to use (YYYYMMDD) isn't actually on the landing page and is only accessible on the 'Metadata export' pages or via the url

Is it not possible to fill in that YYYYMMDD data, given you already fill it in in the url?

MartinaSt commented 5 years ago

No, unfortunately, I have no information about the ESGF versions in the citation service.