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The Unified Code for Units of Measures
The Unified Code for Units of Measure is a code system intended
to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in
international science, engineering, and business. The purpose is to
facilitate unambiguous electronic communication of quantities together
with their units. The focus is on electronic communication, as opposed
to communication between humans. A typical application of The
Unified Code for Units of Measure
are electronic data interchange (EDI) protocols, but there is nothing that prevents it from being used in other types of machine communication.
For more information, current projects, implementation support, and to submit comments, visit the UCUM site at: http://unitsofmeasure.org/
Gunther Schadow, MD, PhD
Clement McDonald, MD
last modified
2010-01-21 09:59