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 Here seem to be published the MathML rendering of SI Units in OWL format Very nice! http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Semantic_MathML/0.1#SI_Units ---- Stephen D Green On 11 April 2011 10:18, Stephen D Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com> wrote: > UBL does publish the SI codes within the overall standard UOM codelist > and packages it nicely as a genericode codelist here > http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-UBL-2.0/cl/gc/cefact/UnitOfMeasureCode-2.0.gc > > but the codes aren't grouped and ordered like they are in MathML Units. > MathML Units is probably what you want here, but do they publish the codelists > in XML format? > > ---- > Stephen D Green > > > > On 11 April 2011 10:04, Stephen D Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com> wrote: >> Try MathML units >> http://www.w3.org/TR/mathml-units/ >> ---- >> Stephen D Green >> >> >> >> On 11 April 2011 09:25, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote: >>> On 10/04/2011 06:23, Toby Considine wrote: >>>> >>>> Interesting question, and one that goes to the heart of some of my current >>>> obsessions... >>>> >>>> Is there a standard XSD of SI units for inclusion somewhere on the web >>>> >>>> And >>>> >>>> Is there a standard XSD of SI scale ( peta / tera / giga / mega/ ...) for >>>> inclusion anywhere on the web? >>> >>> As you probably know given your affiliation, the decimal SI abbreviations >>> (K, M, G etc, for 10^3, 10^6 etc) are defined in ISO 1000:2004, and the >>> binary prefixes (Ki, Mi, Gi, which we should use for 2^10, 2^20 etc, but >>> don't) are defined in ISO 80000-13:2008. >>> >>> But I'm not aware of any standard that maps these into XSD types. >>> >>> Michael Kay >>> Saxonica >>>> >>>> tc >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not >>>> become a monster, and if you stare long into an abyss, the abyss also >>>> stares >>>> into you." - Fredrich Nietzche >>>> >>>> Toby Considine >>>> TC9, Inc >>>> TC Chair: oBIX& WS-Calendar >>>> TC Editor: EMIX, EnergyInterop >>>> U.S. National Inst. of Standards and Tech. Smart Grid Architecture >>>> Committee >>>> >>>> Email: Toby.Considine@gmail.com >>>> Phone: (919)619-2104 >>>> http://www.tcnine.com/ >>>> blog: www.NewDaedalus.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Liam R E Quin [mailto:liam@w3.org] >>>> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 9:41 PM >>>> To: John Cowan >>>> Cc: Costello, Roger L.; xml-dev@lists.xml.org >>>> Subject: Re: ANN: a portable data component -- length >>>> >>>> On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 15:55 -0400, John Cowan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Liam R E Quin scripsit: >>>>> >>>>>> (I'd use metric/SI units in a program as they're easier to deal >>>>>> with, and mixed-based ambiguity like 3 feet 7 inches doesn't occur) >>>>> >>>>> If you want to represent measurements, as distinct from counts, you >>>>> need to provide the measurement in the units actually measured. >>>> >>>> +1 if they are actually being measured; one also has to give tolerance. >>>> >>>> On Pete Cordell's point, the name of the element - I used<measurement> >>>> rather than<distance> for no good or bad reason - one can't know a priori >>>> whether the fact it's a measurement is more or less important than the >>>> fact >>>> it's a linear measurement through space, a distance. One is not >>>> intrinsically more "semantic" than the other. But we can know that >>>> there's >>>> a common danger in using element names for field names that come from some >>>> non-XML source, as you might end up with non-XML chracters to deal with, >>>> or >>>> markup in the field name -- e.g. mathematical notation, or annotations >>>> (Japanese ruby comes to mind). >>>> >>>> Someone else said that Normal Form is no gold standard - it isn't, but the >>>> principle of not duplicating data still holds. If Costelloitis takes >>>> hold, >>>> you should at least mark which of two values is primary and which was >>>> derived. >>>> >>>> <jug id="jug"> >>>> <capacity units="imperial_UK">4 gallons</capacity> >>>> <capacity units="US" derivedfrom="imperial_UK">4.5 gallons</capacity> >>>> <size>little</size> >>>> <colour>brown</colour> >>>> </jug> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ >>>> Pictures >>>> from old books: http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS >>>> to support XML implementation and development. 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