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Re: Issue 3: (STANDARD_MEASURES)



to follow up on what Ted Hardie said:

>  If the "per something" choice is the choice between metric and
> imperial units, we can say something like "registration units
> should be in metric units unless there is a strong tradition
> for the use of imperial units; in those cases, the registering
> party should indicate how to convert to metric units, including
> the rounding policy for applications which require integers".
> This puts the onus on the non-metric users, rather than the
> second user.  This may be a better idea in any case.

Got it.  Recognize SI units up front.  Even before any features
are registered, there is a precedent regarding units.

Al