David,
Very interesting document. I have a question. Shouldn't a self-consistent
ontology be created for units and quantities before the URIs are created?
And would the creation of such an ontology be a good target for this
community (arm in arm with TC12 and others)? (01)
- Steve (02)
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Subject: URIs for quantities, units and scales (03)
Dear Steve, (04)
The attached document attempts to explain the need for URIs for quantities
units and scales to the standardisation community. The document results from
work within ISO TC184/SC4 and within the W3C Product Modelling XG, which
identified the handling of units of measure on the Web as a key priority. (05)
There has been initial contact with Anders Thor the chair of ISO TC12, and
with ISO CS, but it is difficult to make further progress because it
impinges upon so many aspects of standardisation. (06)
The document has consensus as a summary, but David Price points out that
dereferencing URIs for quantities, units and scales is a secondary issue,
and that mentioning it may "frighten the horses". (07)
Best regards,
David (08)
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