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/733#issuecomment-177338857,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/733,177338857,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDE3NzMzODg1Nw==,242610,2016-01-30T23:41:47Z,2016-01-30T23:41:47Z,NONE,"I also find it useful, now that I understand it. But I also find it useful to know if the xarray coordinate is a netcdf coordinate or netcdf dimension: ""[A variable with the same name as a dimension is called a coordinate variable](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf_data_set_components.html#coordinate_variables)"". But I guess that is the same as ""indicating that xarray created the coordinate itself"", as @shoyer mentioned above? ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,129630652