#299 More information in Table 2, Units?

[Lucian Smith]

From Andreas:

"Could we change this table to be a bit more informative? We could have columns

UnitSID	Name	Symbol

where UnitSID would be what is currently in that table, name the actual name (e.g., Henry instead of henry) and the abbreviated formula symbol of this unit, e.g. g for gram."

[Michael Hucka]

I'm not sure if this is worth doing. First, it's not clear it would add that much helpful information. Second, it might confuse readers into wondering whether they can use the symbols instead of the given names. Then that would require us to have an additional explanation somewhere that says no, it's not the SI symbols, but the SBML unit names that are the important part.

[Brett Olivier]

I agree with Mike and would leave that table as is. It is concise, easy to
read and anything more would be confusing or redundant.

[Brett Olivier]

my vote is no

[Sarah Keating]

I assume we are talking about Table 2 (the base units) :-)

I would vote not to change it.

@Andreas: what did you feel needed to be clarified or where you just going for completeness of information

[Nicolas Le Novère]

If it ain't broke don't fix it

[Lucian Smith]

With a majority of editors voting against this change (plus the chair), I am closing this issue. Andreas, if you want to reply to Sarah's request for more information, feel free to do so; we can always re-open the issue if it turns out people agree there's something that needs to be fixed (even if how to fix it changes).