[uf-new] Measurement brainstorming (was: Measure & currency)

[Chris Newell]

Andy,
At 15:49 05/10/2007, you wrote:
>On Fri, October 5, 2007 15:31, Chris Newell wrote:
>
>>> That would be:
>
>>> <abbr class="hmeasure" title="2m2">2m<sup>2</sup></abbr>
>
>>> using "m2", or whatever is that standard for representing
>>> square-metres.
>>
>> Given that "parsers must accept the formats" includes [unit-code][number]
>> would:
>
>> <span class="hmeasure">m23</span>
>
>> represent 23 metres or 3 square-metres?
>
>Note that I said "or whatever is [the] standard for representing
>square-metres".

I'm not sure there is a standard for representing the superscripts used within SI units using plain text.

We may have to specify something.

Chris

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