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Re: [ontology-summit] Progressing a Units Ontology - Now

To: Peter.Benson@xxxxxxxxx, Ontology Summit 2009 <ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gerry.Radack@xxxxxxx
From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:24:50 -0400
Message-id: <4A0B1E82.5070105@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Peter,    (01)

Please send the URL:    (02)

 > last I looked there are 2,632 units of measure listed in the
 > eOTD would you like an extract (Gerry probably has one already)?    (03)

Does it include the ever popular unit *furlongs per fortnight*
which is approximately 0.0001663095 meter per second?    (04)

It is useful for quantifying that informal term 'a snail's pace'.    (05)

You may think it's frivolous, but Google has 6,750 hits for
"furlongs per fortnight", 421,000 for "snail's pace", and
236 hits for the phrase "snail race" with the word "furlongs".    (06)

Clearly, this is an example of a special-purpose domain
that the standards bodies should not ignore.    (07)

John    (08)


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