The Earth System Modeling Standard Names Repository contains community-accepted Standard Names, publishing tools, and search tools.
A Markdown file describing the standard names is included. Rules governing the designation and format of standard names can be found in StandardNamesRules.rst
Edits to standard names should be made in the xml file, using the included python tools to generate the human-readable standard name Markdown file:
tools/write_standard_name_table.py standard_names.xml
Then, commit the new Metadata-standard-names.md file and push to GitHub.