• To: "'Roger L. Costello'" <costello@m...>, <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: ANN: XML Schema of measurement units
• From: Bill de hÓra <bill.dehora@p...>
• Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:17:38 +0100
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• In-reply-to: <3D63EEB4.D2A2D64F@m...>
• Organization: Propylon
• Reply-to: <bill.dehora@p...>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger L. Costello [mailto:costello@m...] 
> 
> Ultimately, I would like to have a complete listing of units. 
> (I am tired of seeing schemas reinvent these unit 
> measurements over and over.)

I wholeheartedly agree. So, perhaps you might consider using a canonical
source for the schema, such as SI: <http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/>.
This would help avoid application level mapping from your schema to SI
units.

regards,
Bill de hÓra
..
Propylon
www.propylon.com 

 

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  • ANN: XML Schema of measurement units
    • From: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>

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