Q: Synonym data?
incansvl opened this issue · comments
To the best of my knowledge the UCUM data definition (ucum-essence.xml) doesn't include synonyms for unit codes, with the exception of a textual name/description and (sometimes) a "printSymbol".
So, where is the "synonym data" drawn from in this implementation to provide the checkSynonyms() function? Is this supplemental data that's been added to the master UCUM file from another source?
Yes, the synonyms were from another source, or possibly developed by hand here at NLM. It was done several years ago, so I don't recall which at this point.
Thanks. So there is supplementary data in the package that is loaded in addition to the ucum-essence.xml file. I'd be interested to know where. I know I could trawl the source files but that would take a while I imagine.