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sklarcorp / data-style-guide

Describes the standardized practices, grammar, and vocabulary for product data.

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mm, cm, inches #47

Closed sklar-careym closed 10 years ago

sklar-careym commented 10 years ago

in the case where an instrument is listed in mm or cm in the Universe, is there a reason it is listed that way, or can one assume that they are allowed to convert that measurement to inches?

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

Generally it should be inches. @sklar-careym can you list an example where universe has mm or cm? I know a lot of the Sklartech 5000 stuff have mm. Can you think of any examples other than the Sklartech products?

sklar-careym commented 10 years ago

@mwmalinowski Examples Include: 98-7800 98-7803 98-7804

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

@sklar-careym,

I spoke to Judy Hay.

Almost always they should be changed to inches
You may find mm used for very small instruments
Some of the mm/cm were from products added via company acquisitions
Sklartech 5000 are listed in mm/cm because (she thinks) it's the industry standard for laparoscopics

Does that answer your question?

sklar-careym commented 10 years ago

YES!...perfect! Thanks @mwmalinowski