EXPLANATORY NOTES (4 May 2011):


1. Tables included in the latestTables.zip are;

	GRIB edition 2 version 7(.0.0)
		Templates
		Code and Flag tables

	BUFR tables version 16(.0.0)
		Table A
		Table B (common in BUFR/CREX)
		Table C (for BUFR editions 3 and 4)
		Table D
		Code and Flag tables (common in BUFR/CREX)

	CREX tables version 16(.0.0)
		Table A
		Table C (for CREX editions 1 and 2)
		Table D

	Common Code tables effective as of 4 May 2011
		C-1
		C-2
		C-3
		C-4
		C-5
		C-6
		C-7
		C-8
		C-11
		C-12
		C-13
		C-14


2. Changes from the previous versions (GRIB2_6.0.1 (1 March 2011), BUFR_15.1.1 and CREX_7.1.1 (1 March 2011), Common Code tables (1 March 2011)) are;

	a. new entries approved by fast-track (4 May 2011)

	b. purely editorial changes


3. Notes to entries are available in separate files on the WMO server. URL base to the relevant files are;

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/WMO306_vI2/2010edition/...../

"....." is nine charcters and differs from table to table; i.e. BUFRver16 (for BUFR/CREX version 16), GRIB2ver7 (for GRIB2 version 7) and CCT_May11 (for Common Code tables).


If the file name/bookmark in Note_E column, for example, is "BUFR_16_0_0_tableD.doc#B_Cat01", full URL to the Note is;

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/WMO306_vI2/2010edition/BUFRver16/BUFR_16_0_0_tableD.doc#B_Cat01.


4. Character set employed is UTF-8.


5. Units in code tables of GRIB2 and BUFR/CREX Table B are represented by CCITT IA5 (US ASCII) (see Common Code table C-6).


6. In BUFR/CREX Tables D, "ElementName_E", which derives from BUFR/CREX Table B, is included along with "ExisitingElementName_E".


7. Sorting by "No" column may be needed in files of text and xml forms.