This space is made available for a collaborative discussion on the status and challenges of the migration from Traditional Alphanumeric Codes (TAC) to BUFR. The aim is to share the information on the status of the BUFR data as seen by the users and to provide feedback to WMO and the producers to improve the usability of the data.
The latest version of the migration matrix as taken from the WMO page on migration to TDCF shows that the discontinuation of the category 1 data is planned by November 2014.
Are BUFR data ready to replace TAC? Are users ready to process BUFR data and to replace TAC with BUFR in their processing chain?
Answers to these questions should be available through the discussion points in this wiki.