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Comments do not appear alongside the standard name definitions in either Metadata file

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Since Oct 8, 2026.

  • #162 by @mkavulich — open

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start with write_standard_name_table.py and inspect how standard_names.xml entries are read and written to each Metadata file. Verify the generated definitions include the XML comment field when it is present, while preserving entries without comments.

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Description

bug

There should be an additional "comment" field when provided in standard_names.xml, but it is not being written by the current version of "write_standard_name_table.py"

Dominant language
Python
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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