Re: defaulting units for measurements

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Garry Petrie wrote:
> > I think it would be nice if the point information had an (optional) tag
> > that was a unique number. It would make some sorts of processing easier
> > if there was already a number, and even easier if (in the case of N points)
> > the numbers ran 1 .. N.
>
> Sounding a little like keys into a table in a database, very good conclusion.
> A stations's
> key would only exist for that particular version of a CaveXML file. Changing
> the data
> after reading it and then re-writing it would of course generate a new and probably
> different set of station keys.

I'll join this bandwagon!

Glad to see something jumping out as obvious for many folks.
So in summary: where ever there could be a station name, there could
also
be a station id. Either one is optional, but one must be present.
Hmmm, is that enforcable in a schema?

-Paul

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