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Rob, [I'm convalescing from a viral infection, so please forgive any incoherency.] > In addition to the minimal python module boilerplate, I've also been > tinkering with a PHP udunits module as well. I can send that along when > I get it working. That would be great! > The PHP module will help us immensely to convert > units. Right now we invoke a soap service to convert units in PHP. > (funny convoluted way we do that, but it works). Relatively sloowww!!! But doable. > Noticed some stray quotation marks in at least udunits2-common.xml that > appears in some singular entries. Does a " trigger something? > > <unit> > <def>(1200/3937) m></def> > <aliases> > <name> > <singular>US_survey_foot"</singular> > <plural>US_survey_feet</plural> > </name> > </aliases> > </unit> > > <unit> > <def>12 international_inches</def> > <aliases> > <name> > <singular>international_foot"</singular> > <plural>international_feet</plural> > </name> When searching for a reason, never overlook stupidity. :-) They're typos. I've fixed them and will make a new release ASAP. Thanks for finding this. > Lastly, IOOS is proceeding with development/implementation of various web > services. They are moving towards CF compliance. CF implies a > reasonable units vocabulary, I think it even suggests udunits. Is there > a SensorML representation of the available UDUNITS2 vocabulary? Not yet. > A single unit of measure has been defined in the NOAA DIF at present for > psu: > > http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/schema/IOOS-DIF/IOOS/0.6.1/dictionaries/unitsOfMeasureDictionary.xml > > I believe this dictionary is to be further developed at some point in the > future. I would really like to make sure the bulk of the udunits > vocabulary is used. If there are SensorML definitions out there, then we > can simply add them to the above dictionary. If not, I'd like to quickly > establish udunits in the above dictionary in the short term. > > If we are starting from scratch (no SensorML description exists), I'd > like to coordinate the effort with one or more folks at Unidata and then > submit it to our IOOS DIF group for consideration. Sounds like an excellent idea. > Thanks much! > Rob Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ENF-483170 Department: Support UDUNITS Priority: Normal Status: Closed