The Earth System Modeling Standard Names Repository contains community-accepted Standard Names, publishing tools, and search tools.
Rules governing the designation and format of standard names can be found in StandardNamesRules.rst
A Markdown file describing the standard names is included, as well as a YAML version of the XML file.
Edits to standard names must be made in the xml file standard_names.xml only. When a pull request is opened into the main branch, the YAML and Markdown files should be updated using the tools/write_standard_name_table.py script. This can be done manually by the pull request author, or by activating the GitHub action available on an open pull request.