Hello Dave,
Thank you! I think the QUDT definition was just what I was looking for.
I was aware of the QUDT vocabulary but I guess I did not expect to find
percentage defined there because I did not consider it a unit.
I am using multi-measure observations, but I think I can manage with not
attaching the unit to the observations but to the general description of
the measure property (qb:MeasureProperty), as suggested in paragraph
6.5.1 of the Data Cube vocabulary:
http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-data-cube/#dsd-mm-obs
Greetings,
Frans
On 24-6-2013 19:32, Dave Reynolds wrote:
Hi Frans,
On 24/06/13 17:37, Frans Knibbe | Geodan wrote:
Hello,
I would like to publish some statistical data. A few of these numbers
are percentages. What is the best way to make it clear to data consumers
that the numbers are to be treated as percentages? As far as I can tell,
the XSD data types do not suffice.
QUDT does include percent as a unit: http://qudt.org/vocab/unit#Percent
Assuming you are using the RDF Data Cube then you can use this as the
value of unit of measure attribute (sdmx-attribute:unitMeasure).
If you are dealing with single measures or measure-dimension cubes
that should be fine.
You are using multi-measure observations then life gets harder. In
that case you might consider encoding your values as e.g.
qudt:QuantityValues and attaching the unit of measure that way.
Dave
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