Re: Standards for units and values

[Elizabeth J Allen <eja -at- samurai -dot- com>]

Hey Joe,

I adhere to the International System of Units (SI). See

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/

kthxbye,

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth J. Allen
Samurai Consulting Inc.
eja -at- samurai -dot- com

"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." —Albert  
Einstein


On 4-Jun-07, at 1:46 PM, Hauglie, Joe wrote:

> Hi, everyone. I've got a thorny (and emotionally charged) question  
> to ask. Here's the issue:
>
> What are the acceptable standards for writing numbers and units? In  
> abbreviating units, for example V for volts, do the standards  
> support using a space before the unit or not?

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