Re: [unitsml] UnitsML as a Standard

["Peter J. Linstrom" <peter.linstrom@nist.gov>]

All,

   This sometimes comes as a surprise to people that
are not familiar with NIST, but NIST is not a standards
organization (at least not in the traditional sense).
NIST does many things that support standards (e.g.,
reference materials and calibrations which support
the SI system of measures) but publishes very few
documentary standards. More information on NIST's
relationship with the standards community can be found
here:

  http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/standards.htm#Documentary


For this reason it is essential that NIST work with
third parties like OASIS and ISO to help establish
standards which benefit the U.S. economy.

Peter

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Peter J. Linstrom
NIST, Physical and Chemical Properties Division
Phone: (301) 975-5422
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <schalk@unf.edu>
To: <unitsml@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:59 AM
Subject: [unitsml] UnitsML as a Standard


>I may be naive but it seems to me that a markup language standard for units 
>does not need anything more than NIST behind it to be successful (the same 
>with MatML).  If the process/procedures for getting them approved through 
>OASIS or ISO are onerous, then they will not come out as specifications for 
>a long time and that helps no one.  NIST is a standards organization, why 
>can't that include ML specifications pertinent to the science that's done 
>there?