On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 12:54 PM Martin Juckes - UKRI STFC <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I'm afraid I don't understand your comment. When I search for "fraction"
> in the NIST document I find it defined as being a ratio, which is
> inconsistent with the current CF usage. The CF standard name concept
> "area_fraction" is not what NIST or others understand as a "fraction". I'm
> suggesting a change to remove this inconsistency.


Unless we're talking past one another, I'll have to disagree.  The NIST
unit for "mass fraction" is "1" -- even though it's a ratio. A fraction can
be represented many ways. "1:2", "1/2", and "0.5" all represent the same
fraction, for example.

Does the CF convention require a particular representation for a fraction?

Regards,
Steve Emmerson
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