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 pull requests are merged into the authoritative branch, a tool is run in GitHub actions that automatically updates the human-readable standard name Markdown file and the Yaml version.