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[jsr363-experts] Re: [Vote] Chose name for "MassDensity"
- From: Werner Keil <
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- Subject: [jsr363-experts] Re: [Vote] Chose name for "MassDensity"
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 00:08:57 +0200
Dear all,
Using a similar method as Alex to find terms for JSR 375, such "Doodle
like" approach means, we so far got
MassDensity: 4
Density:2
Those who haven't voted yet, please do either here or in JIRA (where I also
did for completeness)
Chose from either of these:
- Density
- MassDensity
- VolumetricDensity (meaning no change)
- VolumetricMassDensity
Alphabetically ranked, the order does not mean any preference.
Feel free to list say 2 favorites in your order. They'll both be counted.
If we got a close tie, then ranking 2nd choices as 1/2 instead of 1 might
help. That currently still left MassDensity: 3 and Density: 2.
Thanks,
Werner
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Werner Keil
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Martin/all,
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Thanks for your vote. Except for this table which is a little tricky
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because it says "Examples" the other two are exactly identical in the NIST
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site.
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The only system specific to the US isn't even SI, so they all quote the
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same common source. As there are at least two other *Density quantities in
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that table of examples I would not simply call it Density. Wikipedia quotes
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the full term "Volumetric Mass Density", whether it used a French
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description or not, I can't say. Wikipedia is always as good or bad as the
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people contributing.
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I'd prefer
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MassDensity
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To avoid confusion with others, regardless if we include them in the API
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or not.
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Am 01.06.2015 23:24 schrieb "Martin Desruisseaux" <
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> Hello Werner
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> I think we should keep in mind in the specification that the
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> international reference for units of measurement is BIPM rather than NIST.
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> In my understanding, NIST is specific to one country (USA), while BIPM
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> BIMP lists some derived units there:
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> http://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure/section2-2.html
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> For the density, both "density" and "mass density" are listed by BIPM as
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> acceptable terms. Interestingly, the French translation is "masse
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> volumique". Maybe the English "Volumetric density" is derived from that
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> French translation.
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> I wonder, isn't the plain "density" word widely understood as "mass
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> density"? Is the risk of confusion really high?
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> My vote would be:
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> 1. (my preference) Density
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> 2. (second choice) Mass density
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> I would like to avoid the other choices since they are not listed by BIPM.
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> Martin
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> Le 01/06/15 16:57, Werner Keil a écrit :
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> Dear Experts,
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> Sorry to bother you with this one again. Since it is just a single
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> choice, maybe we can close it sooner, so the quantity scope tasks can be
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> https://java.net/jira/browse/UNITSOFMEASUREMENT-9
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> Asks for either
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> 1. MassDensity
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> 2. VolumetricDensity
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> 3. VolumetricMassDensity
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> Please advise with a +1 vote either in this thread or directly with the
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> JIRA ticket.
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> As discussed with Leo last weekend, there are a few manual steps required
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> on the ME side, so having the API and all types it contains frozen soon
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> would be beneficial for these steps, too.
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> I am not particularly biased. Having places like NIST and other standard
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> bodies just calling it "Mass Density" is probably a good argument. As
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> Wikipedia explains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density the proper full
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> name is "Volumetric Mass Density", so the name we had so far is one (maybe
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> a lesser used) short form. Either we keep it, use the more common one or
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> the full name.
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> Thanks,
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> Werner
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