When reporting a missing unit, please provide the following information:
- the complete name of the unit (e.g. acre foot)
- the plural form of the unit name (e.g. acre feet)
- the region of use (usually a country)
- any regional restriction (such as a state, region, or city)
- the quantity that the unit describes (e.g. capacity)
- if the unit is a capacity, whether it is dry, liquid, or both
- the definition factor (e.g. 1.2345)
- the precision of the factor (e.g. 6 digits)
- the definition units (e.g. meter3)
- the usage, if applicable (e.g. for land, for wheat, etc.)
- the period during which the unit was used (e.g. from 1873 to present)
- the url of an online reference, if possible
- if there are two names (or spellings) for the same unit, which one is preferred
- any special comment that describes the unit (e.g. "Named after Nikolai Tesla")
Preferably, one and only one unit in a group will be defined in terms of base units
and all other units in the group defined in (exact) relation to the one.
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