Naming of SI / Imperial System

["Christian Kravogel" <christian.kravogel@seicodyne.ch>]

Collegues

 

As discussed at our last meeting I have investigated what would be the most common wording to be used for an attribute mentioning if it is an SI value or an US value for quantities.

 

The two most convenient versions would be:

 

Units of Measurement

System of Units

or

System of Measurement

 

(For the example I will use system-of-measurement="...")

 

As values we either have to decide to keep it open or we are going to use an enumerated list.

Most convenient values would be:

SI

Metric

 

US

Imperial

English

 

but there are other systems also used, but not common:

 

Natural

-Geometric

-Planck

-Stoney

-Schrödinger

-Atomic

-Electronic

-Quantum Electrodynamic

 

and there are also some none-standard units who do not belong to any of the mentioned above, like megaton, football pitch,

 

as well as systems used in other cultural areas, e.g.

middle eastern system of measurement

asian system of measurement

 

or no longer used abbreviations in the metric system:

mks

cgs

 

or ancient, historical systems of measurements.

 

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a minimal enumerated list would be:

SI

Imperial

other

 

or we may choose a broader list like:

 

SI

Metric

US

Imperial

Natural

None-standard

Other

 

(For the example I will use this list)

 

or we just leave it open.

 

We will discuss this on our next meeting.

 

Best regards

 

Chris

 

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