8 SIUnit enumeration for W

Created

30 Jan 2005

Status

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Part

Part 6 (2004)

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Clause

Annex B

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Category

Issue may impact interoperability of implementations of Edition 1

Issue

The SIUnit enumeration contains the code W (as defined in 7-3) for the numbers 38 (Watt) and 62 (Watts), which is the same name for different codes. This is not allowed.

Proposal

Use name Watts for code 62 instead of W.