[Freebase-discuss] Measurement units, was Re: Binding/format (et al.)

[Iain Sproat]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Kirrily Robert <kirrily at google.com> wrote:
>> I would avoid to hardcode units.
>
> On Freebase, if you specify that a field is measurement, you have to provide
> an expected unit.

There was discussion at one point of a new feature on the freebase.com
UI ("the client"), which allowed a user to input a measurement value
in any unit of their choosing and the client would convert it behind
the scenes into the units expected by the data schema.

I think this is what Tom requested in CLI-7704.
http://bugs.freebase.com/browse/CLI-7704

Iain