| | 1 | = Requests for Units = |
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| | 3 | ''Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.'' Immanuel Kant |
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| | 5 | This is the routine maintenance work for UCUM. |
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| | 7 | In a typical year we see no more than 10 requests for additions to UCUM. |
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| | 9 | However, many of the requests are problematic and require careful consideration balancing the semantic clarity of UCUM units with the practical demands of users in the field. |
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| | 11 | Because UCUM must be a system based on principles and cannot under any circumstances be allowed to become a grab-bag of vaguely defined words, all decisions on new entries must be based on principles. |
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| | 13 | The present hot topic to be resolved is the ProcedureDefiniedUnits. |
