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# References
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[`ISO80000`](#ISO80000){ #ISO80000 }
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: [ISO 80000-1:2009(E) "Quantities and units — Part 1: General"](https://www.iso.org/standard/30669.html),
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International Organization for Standardization.
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[`SIBrochure`](#SIBrochure){ #SIBrochure }
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: [The International System of Units (SI)](https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/SI-Brochure-9-EN.pdf),
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International Bureau of Weights and Measures (20 May 2019), ISBN 978-92-822-2272-0.
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[`Quincey`](#Quincey){ #Quincey }
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: ["Angles in the SI: a detailed proposal for solving the problem](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.05704.pdf),
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Quincey, Paul (1 October 2021).
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## Why do we spell `metre` instead of `meter`?
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This is how ISO 80000 defines it (British English spelling by default).
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This is how the BIPM defines it in the [SI Brochure](../../appendix/references/#SIBrochure)
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(British English spelling by default).
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## Why don't we use UDLs to create quantities?
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## Why Unicode quantity symbols are used by default instead of ASCII-only characters?
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Both C++ and ISO 80000 are standardized by the ISO. ISO 80000 and the SI standards specify Unicode symbols
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as the official unit names for some quantities (i.e. `Ω` symbol for the resistance quantity).
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Both C++ and [ISO 80000](../../appendix/references/#ISO80000) are standardized by the ISO.
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[ISO 80000](../../appendix/references/#ISO80000) and the [SI](../../appendix/references/#SIBrochure)
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standards specify Unicode symbols as the official unit names for some quantities
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(i.e. `Ω` symbol for the resistance quantity).
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As **mp-units** library will be proposed for standardization as a part of the C++ Standard Library
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we have to obey the rules and be consistent with ISO specifications.
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- Appendix:
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- Glossary: appendix/glossary.md
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- Release Notes: appendix/release_notes.md
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- References: appendix/references.md
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