Dictionary for VOQuantity

Error
a description of the error associated with the quantity

ErrorRange
a range of values surrounding a quantity's value reflecting confidence

Content:
<minus> Type: double required, max: 1
<plus> Type: double required, max: 1
Attributes:
confidence Type: normalizedPercent optional, default=99.7
The percent confidence that the true value falls within the error range.
Flux
an energy flux quantity; i.e. an amount energy per unit frequency passing through a unit area.

Content:
<Value> optional, max: 1
the decimal value of a quantity
<Error> optional, max: 1
a description of the error associated with the quantity
<Unit> Type: fluxUnit required, max: 1
the unit or dimension associated with a quantity
Attributes:
display Type: string optional
a formatted version of the quantity intended for display
Frequency
a measure of wave periodicity, usually of electromagnetic radiation

Content:
<Value> optional, max: 1
the decimal value of a quantity
<Error> optional, max: 1
a description of the error associated with the quantity
<Unit> Type: freqUnit required, max: 1
the unit or dimension associated with a quantity
Attributes:
display Type: string optional
a formatted version of the quantity intended for display
Length
a length or distance quantity

Content:
<Value> optional, max: 1
the decimal value of a quantity
<Error> optional, max: 1
a description of the error associated with the quantity
<Unit> Type: lengthUnit required, max: 1
the unit or dimension associated with a quantity
Attributes:
display Type: string optional
a formatted version of the quantity intended for display
Quantities
a list of quantities.

Content:
<Quantity> optional, repeatable
a measurable value that can have an associated unit and/or error
Attributes:
Quantity
a measurable value that can have an associated unit and/or error

Content:
<Value> optional, max: 1
the decimal value of a quantity
<Error> optional, max: 1
a description of the error associated with the quantity
<Unit> Type: unit required, max: 1
the unit or dimension associated with a quantity
Attributes:
display Type: string optional
a formatted version of the quantity intended for display
name Type: string optional
the name of the quantity; the thing that the value measures
Sigma Type: double
The error associated with the quantity expressed in terms of a statistical standard deviation.

Unit Type: unit
the unit or dimension associated with a quantity

Value Type: double
the decimal value of a quantity

Reusable Types

normalizedPercent
a value representing percent that is restricted to the range [0,100]

dimensionlessQuantity
Content:
Value
Error
Attributes:
display (type: string): a formatted version of the quantity intended for display

genericQuantity
Content:

unit
Content:

lengthUnit
Content:

fluxUnit
Content:

freqUnit
Content: