[Dev] Units of measurement

[Henrik Frisk]

jb at integralive.org wrote:

> 2. have the units table blank when the database is in its 'initial' state,
> and add units as they are needed?
> 
>     - the disadvantage of this is that to start with we have to enter the
> unit details for every attribute that uses a previously undefined
> unit. It also means that we could end up with the units 'Hertz', 'Hz',
> 'Htz' etc. However, we could overcome this by having a set of 'core'
> units that we (the Integra developers) agree on, and people have to
> submit a request if they want a new (obscure) unit added, which we
> then approve.
> 
> I favour 2, what do you folks think?

So do I. Eventually we could have a little Web2.0 magic with autocompletion in the Unit field. If a user insists on entering a unit which doesn't exist in the database maybe we should allow it without the extra request submission?

/Henrik