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Handful of Variable Naming Convention Things #407
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Some variable naming conventions in the ss3_var_names.csv seem inconsistent, or could otherwise probably be updated for clarity. The below is non exhaustive, and/or there may be good reasons why the current names were chosen:
| SS3 Report Label | Current alt_label |
Proposed alt_label |
Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRatio | biomass_ratio | spawning_biomass_ratio | From checking against the SS3 manual, this quantity always reflects spawning biomass. |
| annF_Btgt | annual_F_biomass_target | annual_fishing_mortality_biomass_target | Would be nice for this quantity to be returned alongside other "fishing_mortality" labels, particularly for reference lines. Also, the current alt_label doesn't match naming conventions elsewhere. |
| annF_SPR | annual_F_spawning_potential_ratio | annual_fishing_mortality_spawning_potential_ratio | Same as above |
| annF_MSY | f_msy | annual_fishing_mortality_msy | Same as above |
All of these were encountered when working on a draft Kobe plot figure.
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kellijohnson-NOAA commentedon Oct 15, 2026
Sorry I am late to the party here but I don't see why we need to preface things with "annual" if it has an entry in the date/timing/year or whatever that column is called then people will know it pertains to a given year.
Schiano-NOAA commentedon Oct 15, 2026
@kellijohnson-NOAA you make a good point. We definitely don't need that in the labels.