CSDMS Standard Names

CSDMS Standard Names

Information on the CSDMS Standard Names has been organized into the following sections that each have their own page.

• Motivation

While it is always a good idea to use existing standards whenever possible, CSDMS discovered that other naming conventions, such as the CF Convention Standard Names were not well-suited to the needs of component-based modeling. This section explains our motivation for developing a new standard.

• Overview

• Basic Pattern

The CSDMS Standard Names follow a basic object — quantity pattern with an optional operation prefix.

• Object Templates

This section provides a set of templates and rules for constructing the object part of a CSDMS Standard Name.

• Quantity Templates

This section provides a set of templates and rules for constructing the quantity part of a CSDMS Standard Name. Many quantity names include the name of a physical process and information about constructing process names along with numerous examples are given on the CSDMS Process Names page.

• Operation Templates

This section provides a set of templates and rules for constructing the optional operation prefix of a CSDMS Standard Name.

• Model Metadata Names

• Assumption Names
• Sources for Object Names
• An Example Model Metadata File (MMF)

• Searchable List of Names

• Special Considerations