[MetaCRS] Revised Test Data CSV File: New Column Names

[Landon Blake]

Martin Davis wrote: " Would it be worth changing "expOrd1" (et al) to "expTgtOrd1" (et al) for symmetry and clarity?"

Any comments on this before I update the test file?

Landon
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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Davis [mailto:mbdavis at refractions.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:42 PM
To: Martin Desruisseaux
Cc: Landon Blake; metacrs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [MetaCRS] Revised Test Data CSV File: New Column Names

+1 for both suggestions.

So we would have:

srcCrsType -> srcCrsAuth
expCrsType -> tgtCrsAuth
expCrs -> tgtCrs

Would it be worth changing "expOrd1" (et al) to "expTgtOrd1" (et al) for 
symmetry and clarity?

Martin Desruisseaux wrote:
> Landon Blake a écrit :
>> I have attached a revised CSV file with new column names. Hopefully 
>> this will scratch Martin's abbreviation itch. :]
>
> I'm fine with the proposed format. I have a few minor comments about 
> the column names, but I don't mind if peoples prefer to keep the 
> current names.
>
> 1) I suggest to rename "srcCrsType" as "srcCrsAuthority" (or 
> "srcCrsAuth" if "Authority" is too long) since "Authority" is the term 
> used by OGC 01-009. To me, "crsType" sound like the class 
> ("Geographic", "Projected", "Derived", etc.)
>
> 2) I suggest to rename "expCrs[Type]" as "tgtCrs[Authority]" ("tgt" is 
> for "target", but I'm fine with "dest" as well) since that CRS is part 
> of the test specification rather than a result expected to be 
> calculated by the library. This is different than "expOrd" which are 
> the expected calculation results, so the "exp" prefix is fine for them.
>
>     Regards,
>
>         Martin
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