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Provide an "ascii shorthand" for easy reference to a unit/quantity/dimension #13

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ronaldtse opened this issue Feb 21, 2021 · 2 comments
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Provide an "ascii shorthand" for easy reference to a unit/quantity/dimension #13

ronaldtse opened this issue Feb 21, 2021 · 2 comments
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People won't remember things like "NISTu171" but "gallon_uk".

We should provide each and every unit a corresponding ASCII shorthand, which is best if we can match the UCUM values.
@ronaldtse ronaldtse added the enhancement New feature or request label Feb 21, 2021
@ronaldtse ronaldtse changed the title Provide an "ascii shorthand" for easy reference to a unit Provide an "ascii shorthand" for easy reference to a unit/quantity/dimension Feb 21, 2021
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I have added the short identifier for most units based on the older UnitsML schema. I believe there are still units that do not have the short identifier, so there's still work to be done.

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We've got such equivalents for all symbols; they're not UCUM values, but the requirement has been done for units. Quantities and Dimensions, not so.

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