IVOA DM Work Package : Units description and usage

• led by Anita Richards

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Goal

This workpage is meant to record the general practice in manipulating units with astronomical data and define a simple way to homogeneise their representation within VO services

Charter

• • poll the community to see how units are defined , used , and coded in archives and services

Results and Feedback

• To come

Working Documents

• Jcm note about units and UCD : vo????-1x.html

More documentation

• see article at : votable-1x.html
• check units in VOSpec, SpecView?

Interactions with other WG efforts

• IVOA VO Query Langage
  
  

Requirements from other groups

• in

• out

Conclusions

[Under construction...]

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