Re: [xml-dev] Re: An approach to describing the relationships between units-of-measure

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John Cowan <>
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"Emmanuil Batsis (Manos)" <>
Date
2003-07-23T12:49:26Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Re: An approach to describing the relationships between units-of-measure
Emmanuil Batsis (Manos) scripsit:

> I don't think a mapping to a "canonical UOM" is needed, unless you 
> intend to use it as a standard route to "infer" missing formulas. Anyway:

Easy for you to say: you live in a rational SI world, and don't have
to deal with the Fred Flintstone Memorial Measurement System (name
tm Markus Kuhn, IIRC) and its close cousin the Former Imperial Glory
Measurement System.

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