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Spec version vs `zarr_format`

Open d-v-b opened this issue 8 months ago • 4 comments

The zarr_format metadata is an integer, but the spec document uses a string identifier that can represent major and minor versions. So, unlike the spec document, the zarr_format metadata cannot ever represent a minor version. Is this a problem? It seems like skew between the spec version and zarr_format is a recipe for trouble, but I don't see how to fix this without some disruption.

cc @WardF, as this relates to some of our conversations from the community meeting the other day, and I think the netcdf perspective would be useful here.

d-v-b avatar Jun 13 '24 19:06 d-v-b