GDS: double entries in .das metadata - resolved

[Dan Swank]

The source of this problem was duplicate VAR entries in the descriptor
files.  Thanks Jennifer.

Jennifer Adams wrote:
> Dan,
> The only way I am able to reproduce a duplicate a metadata field like
> that is if there are two identical entries in the gds.xml file. Did you
> look carefully through it for two instances of the "weasd" units
> declaration? When I look at the .info page for the example you gave
> (instead of the .das) I noticed that there are a bunch of global
> "units" attributes -- must be something slightly wrong with the way
> you've got the metadata tags in your config file. Perhaps a better
> long-term solution is to put the extra metadata fields in the
> descriptor files instead of the gds config files -- that would simplify
> your configuration files A LOT and put control of the metadata at the
> descriptor file level.
> Jennifer
>
>
>
> On Jul 14, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Dan Swank wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> We are in the final stages of setting up an Live Access Server on top
>> of
>> our GDS.  In one stage of pulling in data, the LAS reads from the GDS
>> .das information.  It came to my attention that some variables were not
>> working becuase the .das contained double entries for certain..
>> seemingly random - variables, which cuases problems.
>> for example:  var[weasd] in
>> http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov:9091/dods/NCEP_NAM/subsets/
>> nam_218_precip_048_051.das
>>
>> Also noticed that some of the variables have more information than
>> others.  In our configuration file, I only specified <metadata> units
>> tags for each variable and nothing else.
>> Running latest version of GDS and GrADS.
>>
>> Does anyone know what could cuase this?
>> Could it be something inconsistant in the control files the gds parses?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Dan Swank <dan.swank at noaa.gov>
>> NCDC/NOMADS programmer
>> Contractor - STG, Incorporated
>> 151 Patton Avenue, Room 514
>> Asheville, NC 28801
>> Phone: 828-271-4007
>>
>>
> --
> Jennifer Miletta Adams
> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
> Calverton, MD 20705 USA
> jma at cola.iges.org

--
Dan Swank <dan.swank at noaa.gov>
NOMADS programmer
Contractor - STG, Incorporated
151 Patton Avenue, Room 514
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-271-4007