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[Anne Hendry <toby.considine@gmail.com>]

Use codes, not symbols. Then you can use the UN/ECE international standardization of the SI brochure (described in attached), and in schema form at http://www.unece.org/uncefact/codelist/standard/UNECE_MeasurementUnitCommonCode_6.xsd ( Codes for Units of Measure used in International Trade ). You get rid of those 'pesky mu ( µ) for micro' problems, which I'm sure is one of the reasons code lists were invented to begin with -- different languages, fonts, ... And you get a schema. Translation to symbols happens further up the food chain. -A Toby Considine wrote, On 6/15/2011 3:41 PM: 00d301cc2bad$5a1d7bc0$0e587340$@gmail.com type= cite > There has been much back and forth on the final source for * exactly * the correct si prefixes, and multiple sources Well, at last: http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/general.html http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/ and, in particular, the prefixes…. http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter3/prefixes.html Still no publicly accessibly codelist. Of course, there is still that pesky mu ( µ) for micro…. Tc Note that the attached IEC links are for binary (computer stuff) rather than for decadic information “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw. 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 rec20_Rev7e_2010.pdf