v1.12.0

What's Changed

• Update revision history headings for CF-1.11 by @davidhassell in #497
• Add LICENSE.md file to specify CC0 license. by @ethanrd in #504
• Update line breaks (and minor corrections) by @erget in #401
• Appendix B: Added a conventions_string to the standard name xml file format definition by @larsbarring in #503
• Allow period and hyphen in attribute names by @Dave-Allured in #478
• clarify various issues relating to attributes by @JonathanGregory in #506
• Appendix B: In exceptional cases allow a standard name to be aliased into two alternatives by @larsbarring in #510
• Appendix B: New element in XML file header to record the "first published date" by @larsbarring in #512
• Fixing anchor to Figure 8.7 by @cofinoa in #518
• Appendix B: Add robust link to XML schema file (.xsd), and updated Example B.1 by @larsbarring in #517
• Initializing a descriptor for Zenodo's DOI by @castelao in #443
• clarify the recommendation to use the convention of 4.3.3 for parametric vertical coordinates by @JonathanGregory in #520
• Fix trac links by @cofinoa in #524
• Clarify that the character set given in section 2.3 for variable, dimension, attribute and group names is a recommendation, not a requirement by @JonathanGregory in #526
• Fix typo 'principal' -> 'principle' in ch02 by @danny-lloyd in #529
• A one-dimensional string-valued variable must not have the same name as its dimension by @JonathanGregory in #531
• Provide a convention for boundary variables for grids whose cells do not all have the same number of sides by @JonathanGregory in #521
• Define "the most rapidly varying dimension" by @JonathanGregory in #535
• Metadata to encode lossy compression (by quantization) with @cofinoa by @czender in #519
• Leap seconds by @JonathanGregory in #539
• clarification of time coordinate requirements by @JonathanGregory in #538
• reverse b5f0e91 at 1134 UTC today, done by accident by @JonathanGregory in #540
• Clarification of position of comment in cell_methods by @JonathanGregory in #536
• correct mistakes in history by @JonathanGregory in #544
• Refactor build gh-action to use Makefile and embed images into HTML document by @cofinoa in #522
• Fix and remove READM.md by @cofinoa in #553
• Use SVG images for Chapter 7 figures 1 and 2 by @DocOtak in #551
• Remove GRIB and AMIP information from the format of the standard name table by @JonathanGregory in #552
• Updating build and publish by @cofinoa in #554
• fix typo in the history by @JonathanGregory in #555
• Clarification that text-valued variables and attributes can be Unicode strings or UTF-8 char arrays by @JonathanGregory in #556
• Revise section 4, include new subsection on leap seconds, define utc and tai calendars and leap_seconds in units_metadata by @JonathanGregory in #541
• Update link to CR-WKT mapping by @JonathanGregory in #563
• Updating build process and gh-pages fork publications by @cofinoa in #568
• ch02: Revert PR 478, period and hyphen in names by @Dave-Allured in #549
• Include a link to CF area-type table and make explicit the need to use standardized area-type strings in Section 7.3.3 by @JonathanGregory in #564
• Clarify the conventions for boundary variables by @JonathanGregory in #547
• Fix CRS WKT of example 5.12 by @observingClouds in #567
• Adding colophon page for license, DOI and citation by @cofinoa in #570
• Formatting of local links in text; Lists of Figures, Tables and Examples by @davidhassell in #565
• change order of additional authors by @JonathanGregory in #572
• Editorial changes for the CF-1.12 release documents by @davidhassell in #574

Full Changelog: v1.11.0...v1.12.0