html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6269#issuecomment-1039346079,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/6269,1039346079,IC_kwDOAMm_X8498ymf,1386642,2022-02-14T17:18:38Z,2022-02-14T17:18:38Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"@jhamman We have a similar schema package https://github.com/ai2cm/fv3net/tree/master/external/synth, cool to see you confronting the same challenges and advertising your solutions more broadly. One problem we had is that our schema objects ended up being quite verbose: https://github.com/ai2cm/fv3net/blob/master/external/loaders/tests/test__batch/one_step_zarr_schema.json. CDL is a lot more concise.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1132894350
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6269#issuecomment-1036719578,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/6269,1036719578,IC_kwDOAMm_X849yxXa,2443309,2022-02-11T22:58:12Z,2022-02-11T22:58:12Z,MEMBER,"> To be fair, ds.info is not 100% CDL, but it's darn close.

I think making `ds.info` CDL compliant would be a great feature addition.

> ### Describe alternatives you've considered
> Some kind of schema object that can be used to validate or generate an xarray Dataset, but does not contain any data.

You may be interested in [xarray-schema](https://github.com/carbonplan/xarray-schema) then. We're actively working on / using this project and would be more than happy to think about how a cdl-like schema fits in there.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1132894350
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6269#issuecomment-1036516070,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/6269,1036516070,IC_kwDOAMm_X849x_rm,1386642,2022-02-11T18:52:12Z,2022-02-11T18:52:12Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"To be fair, `ds.info` is not 100% CDL, but it's darn close.","{""total_count"": 1, ""+1"": 1, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1132894350
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6269#issuecomment-1036514917,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/6269,1036514917,IC_kwDOAMm_X849x_Zl,5821660,2022-02-11T18:50:34Z,2022-02-11T18:50:34Z,MEMBER,"> 2. creates CDL using ds.info().

Great, this somehow went past me. 

","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1132894350
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6269#issuecomment-1036505143,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/6269,1036505143,IC_kwDOAMm_X849x9A3,2448579,2022-02-11T18:37:25Z,2022-02-11T18:37:25Z,MEMBER,"@nbren12 See https://docs.xarray.dev/en/stable/internals/how-to-add-new-backend.html for adding a new backend. That way we could have

```
xr.open_dataset('schema.cdl', engine=""cdl"")
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1132894350
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6269#issuecomment-1036502148,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/6269,1036502148,IC_kwDOAMm_X849x8SE,1386642,2022-02-11T18:33:42Z,2022-02-11T18:33:49Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"> Aren't there xarray extension packages around where this would fit into?

I'm not sure. Any suggestions? Just wondering if xarray has left the door open to this kind of contribution since it
1. already supports other i/o backends
2. creates CDL using `ds.info()`.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1132894350
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6269#issuecomment-1036458613,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/6269,1036458613,IC_kwDOAMm_X849xxp1,5821660,2022-02-11T17:45:47Z,2022-02-11T17:46:04Z,MEMBER,@nbren12 The other way round would be useful too. Aren't there xarray extension packages around where this would fit into?,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1132894350