Please review EML unit dictionary

[David Blankman]

*Request of LTER IM's *
Somehow two units that were supposed to have been in the unitDictionary, 
numberPerMilliliter and numberPerLiter were mistakenly omitted. Prior to 
releasing a supplement to the unitDictionary and therefore to EML, we 
would like to see if there are any other units that we missed.

In reviewing the unitDictionary, remember that the unit names in the 
unitDictionary are often more abstract than the ones that you actually 
use. For example, one of the units that we are in the process of adding 
is numberPerMilliliter. The "number" portion is an abstract 
representation of the unit "cells/milliliter".  A unit like 
microgramsPerGram is an abstract representation of a class of 
measurements like: micrograms of carbon per gram of soil.


-- 
David E. Blankman
Database Integration Developer
Long Term Ecological Research Network Office
University of New Mexico
801 University, SE #104
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 272-7346 / (505) 272-7080 FAX

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