From d290ac836ae8cb8a19a76c5146cd2f1d6fbe59c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Remi Lehe Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:22:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Make "time", "dt" and "time" optional --- STANDARD.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/STANDARD.md b/STANDARD.md index 6792f52..851fad5 100644 --- a/STANDARD.md +++ b/STANDARD.md @@ -233,9 +233,10 @@ Required Attributes for the `basePath` -------------------------------------- In addition to holding information about the iteration, each series of -files (`fileBased`) or series of groups (`groupBased`) should have -attributes that describe the current time and the last -time step. +files (`fileBased`) or series of groups (`groupBased`) can have +attributes that describe the current time and the last time step. (In the +case where each iteration corresponds to a different time.) Thus, the +following attributes are *optional*: - `time` - type: *(floatX)* @@ -661,6 +662,7 @@ Reminder: for scalar records the `record` itself is also the `component`. - `timeOffset` - type: *(floatX)* + - scope: *optional* (only used if `time` and `dt` are used) - description: the offset between the time at which this record is defined and the `time` attribute of the `basePath` level. This should be written in the same unit system as `time`