Carl, That would be great. With that feature, I'd no longer have to read NY Times or Washington Post articles describing distances as "33 feet" or " "329 feet", when I know full well its 10m and 100m.
Now I realize rounding would be a problem, and it would also cut both ways, allowing ifpatistas to avoid SI just like I avoid ifp. But then I'm pretty good at hearing ifp and thinking metric anyway. (How many 25mm modules did you say - er, I mean "inches"? <g>) Nat -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carl Sorenson Sent: Wednesday, 2002 July 17 13:18 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:21187] XML and SI At work, we are using XML to develop courses for students to take over the internet. XML allows us to standardize many things about the courses and greatly speeds up updates to JavaScript and the course navigation. I have an example I showed to my boss that would allow us to standardize measured quantities in our webpages. It could allow us to enforce metrication, or give the student the option to view all quantities in SI. I have only tested this with Windows, using Internet Explorer. I don't know what else it will work with, but that is what I use and design for. To see the example, go to: http://cid072.lib.byu.edu/measurement/measurement%20demo.htm To get the files that the example uses, go to: http://cid072.lib.byu.edu/measurement/ Carl
