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VOTable Format Definition
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Clarify and correct Units section for VOUnits #51

Closed mbtaylor closed 9 months ago

mbtaylor commented 9 months ago

Although section 4.4 referenced VOUnits as the unit syntax, the summary and examples in the text did not actually conform to VOUnits syntax. I have corrected the text and examples, and clarified the text to say that unit attributes SHOULD conform to VOUnits. The use of SHOULD rather than MUST here reflects the consensus of the discussion on the apps mailing list at http://mail.ivoa.net/pipermail/apps/2023-May/001576.html

I have not updated the examples in the "Possible VOTable extensions" Appendix A, which contains all manner of abominations alongside non-VOUnits compliant unit attributes.

mbtaylor commented 9 months ago

I don't want to slow down the progress of an otherwise ready-to-go VOTable 1.5, so if this item turns out to be controversial or the editor otherwise deems it preferable, it can be left until the next VOTable update.

tomdonaldson commented 9 months ago

I don't want to slow down the progress of an otherwise ready-to-go VOTable 1.5, so if this item turns out to be controversial or the editor otherwise deems it preferable, it can be left until the next VOTable update.

I'll wait a day for comments, then approve/merge if nothing messy comes up.