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David Wheeler commented on OFFICE-3492:
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I'm going to start fixing the proposal by changing:
"ly": The exact value of one light year is
(299792458 m/s) (3600 s/hr) (24 hr/day) (365.25 day/year)
1 ly = 9.4607304725808E+15 m
1 m = 1.05700083402462E-16 ly
to simply:
"ly": The exact value of one light year is (299792458 m/s) (3600 s/hr) (24 hr/day) (365.25 day/year)
If people can't multiply, they have other problems :-). And we should NOT
include the "1 m = ... ly" value, because that is NOT exact.
I'll also replace the bushel definition as follows:
1 bushel = 2150.42 cubic inches exactly.
> Undefined units for Convert Function - NEEDS-DISCUSSION
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>
> Key: OFFICE-3492
> URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3492
> Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: OpenFormula
> Affects Versions: ODF 1.2 CD 05
> Reporter: Eric Patterson
> Assignee: Eike Rathke
> Priority: Critical
> Fix For: ODF 1.2 CD 06
>
>
> There are still a number of units that are undefined and cannot be implemented as described. These should all be defined with numbers.
> "ly" * Light-year, the distance light travels, in a vacuum, in a Julian year of 365.25 days
> "parsec" or "pc" * Distance from sun to a point having heliocentric parallax of one second (used for stellar distance)*
> "PS" Pferdestärke (German "horse strength", close but not identical to "HP")
> "bushel" U.S. bushel (not Imperial bushel), interpreted as volume
> "uk_gal" U.K. / Imperial gallon
> "uk_qt" U.K. / Imperial quart
> Also, for "pond", there is a need to specify what to use for acceleration due to gravity
> "pond" * Pond, gravitational force on a mass of one gram
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