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 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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