• From: Chris Burdess <dog@b...>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>,"xml-dev@l... Listserv" <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:05:27 +0100

Chris Burdess wrote:
> Costello, Roger L. wrote:
>> Suppose the system wishes to exchange the value "1/3 meter." Recall that the system is required to exchange values in decimal centimeters. However, there is no exact conversion of "1/3 meter" to centimeters.
> 
> Sure there is, 100/3 centimetres.

OK, that was a little facetious. What I mean by this is that if your source system has a requirement to exchange real numbers of whatever measure, they will of course be using a schema that allows the expression of those real numbers.

• References:
  • What is this principle called: "I' send data in my UOM and youconvert it, as needed, to your UOM"?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • Re: What is this principle called: "I' send data in my UOM and you convert it, as needed, to your UOM"?
    • From: Chris Burdess <dog@b...>