The Future of CF
The Climate Forecast conventions for netCDF have significant impact on a number of activities at the BADC, and in the wider academic community. Earlier this year we held a meeting where we got as many of the original CF authors together as was practical. The main issue was how we move forward from where we are now.
The outcome of this meeting was a white paper (pdf) outlining some possible futures.
If you are interested in this issue, please read it and do two things:
Note the timescales that we wish to adhere to in moving forward, which start by getting feedback on the plans outlined in the paper. We need that feedback by the beginning of December.
Note also the implied request for folk to start lobbying any organisations (including international organisations and/or your home institutions, if appropriate) to find out whether they would be able to contribute financially to the maintenance of CF, and which mechanisms are preferable. Feedback on this too is sought!
I'm looking forward to responses. Feel free to send them to the mailing list, or to me personally, or as comments here. I'll try and synthesize the responses into something coherent in early December.
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