From 7bf131863ca4993e64c0488c3bb0c51ec35d166f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Davis Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 10:20:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] CLDR-16939 document new unit prefix info (#3591) Co-authored-by: Steven R. Loomis --- docs/ldml/tr35-info.md | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ldml/tr35-info.md b/docs/ldml/tr35-info.md index 5470524df45..a922b11365d 100644 --- a/docs/ldml/tr35-info.md +++ b/docs/ldml/tr35-info.md @@ -809,6 +809,44 @@ For example the following values can be suffixes in a simple_unit identifier suc ```` +### Unit Prefixes +```xml + + + + + + + +``` + +This data lists the SI prefixes that can be applied to units (typically limited to prefixable units), +such as the following: +```xml + + +... + +... + +... + + +... + + +``` +The information includes the SI prefix and symbol, and the power of 10 or power of 2 +(for binary prefixes, intended for use with digital units). + +Note that the translated short form of a unit prefix is not the same as the localized symbol. +The localized symbol may be the same for most Latin-script languages, +but depending on the customary use in a language they can be in a different script +or use different letters even in Latin-script languages. They are, however, the same in the root locale. + +The newer prefixes (quecto-, ronto-, -ronna, -quetta) are not yet being translated, +because the appropriate translated versions have not yet been well established across languages. + ### Constants