[Dev] Units of measurement

[Henrik Frisk]

Henrik Frisk <mail at henrikfrisk.com> wrote:

> 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?
> 
Hmmm, sorry, I replied too quickly on this. Forget what I said, I support your suggestion above Jamie, whatever the implementation will be later doesn't really matter at this stage...

/h