Re: [h5md-user] unit attributes

[Felix Höfling]

Am 06.05.2013, 17:00 Uhr, schrieb Peter Colberg  
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> On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 04:17:57PM +0200, Felix Höfling wrote:
> > I would like to generalise and to modify the value/step/time
> > structure of data groups as
> >
> > data_group
> >  \-- value
> >      +-- unit
> >  \-- step
> >  \-- time
> >      +-- unit
>
> Do you have suggestions for the format of the unit attribute?
>
> It would be great if the unit was not some free-form text, but
> something adhering to a standard representation of SI units in
> ASCII or UTF-8. Maybe not mandatory, more as a recommendation.
>
> Peter

Actually not, I do not make use of the unit attribute. I don't know  
whether experimentalists have some standards to specify the unit (like  
length is always in "metres" times a power of 10). But some people may  
want to say that the unit of length is "\sigma", others prefer Ångstrøms  
or cm. I think a free string would be sufficient for the time being.

Felix