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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>if anyone has feedback about GDAL vs CF/netCDF/GRIB to provide to
ECMWF</p>
<p>Even</p>
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<td>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:45:14 +0000</td>
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<td>Sebastien Villaume <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sebastien.villaume@ecmwf.int"><sebastien.villaume@ecmwf.int></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>
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<td>Lorea Garcia San Martin
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Even Rouault,</b></span></p>
<p><span
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am writing on behalf of the organising committee of the
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CF Conventions workshop 2026</a>, taking place on <b>21–24
September 2026</b> at ECMWF in Bonn, Germany (hybrid,
co-hosted with the Copernicus Climate Change Service).</span></p>
<p><span
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of the topics that has generated considerable interest within
the CF community is
<b>format interoperability</b>, and in particular the role
that conventions such as CF can play in facilitating
interoperability across different data formats and software
ecosystems. Given your long-standing involvement with GDAL and
your perspective as Chair of the GDAL Project Steering
Committee, we would be very interested in having you
participate in the workshop and contribute to these
discussions.</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">We
believe that the GDAL community has valuable experience and
insights into the practical challenges of interoperability,
including what works well today, where difficulties remain,
and where conventions such as CF and formats such as netCDF
and GRIB could evolve to better support users and software
developers.</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Depending
on the final programme and available time, there may also be
an opportunity for you—or another GDAL contributor you would
recommend—to give a presentation on these topics. </span><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A</span><span
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this stage we would be interested in having the GDAL
perspective represented in the workshop discussions.</span></p>
<p><span
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is no registration fee for the workshop, and
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registration</a> is now open. Please note that we are
unfortunately unable to cover speaker/attendee travel or
accommodation costs.</span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">We
would be delighted to hear whether you might be interested in
participating, and we would be happy to provide further
details about the workshop and programme.</span></p>
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