Syngenta Digital Units of Measure

Centralized source of canonical unit of measures for lookup and conversion

Definitions

• Unit of measure code (“UoM Code”): A small string/token that forms part of a controlled vocabulary (e.g., ADAPT, UN Rec 20, UCUM, QUDT) and represents a unit of measure (e.g., “meter”)
• Input Code Vocabulary (“UoM Voc”): A small string/token that represents the controlled vocabulary that a unit of measure code belongs to (e.g., “ADAPT”, “UCUM”).
• Dimension: a label for a family of units of measure that represent the same phenomenon. For example, “DISTANCE” represents a phenomenon represented by “meter”, “mile”, “inch”, “millimeter”, etc. We have a controlled vocabulary of these dimensions.
• Unit of measure System: A family of units of measure (cutting across all dimensions) that have a common cultural origin or organizing principles (e.g., “METRIC”, “IMPERIAL”).

Features

Retrieve the dimension of a given unit of measure

from syngenta_digital_uoms.common.vocabulary import Vocabulary

def retrieve_dimension_from_uom():
    vocabulary = Vocabulary()
    return vocabulary.get_dimension('min') # Returns 'TIME'

Retrieve list of unique dimensions from respective vocabulary

from syngenta_digital_uoms.common.vocabulary import Vocabulary

def retrieve_dimensions():
    vocabulary = Vocabulary(vocab_type='adapt') # 'adapt' is the default vocabulary type
    return vocabulary.list_dimensions()

Retrieve list of all units of measure from a given dimension

from syngenta_digital_uoms.common.vocabulary import Vocabulary

def retrieve_uoms_from_dimension():
    vocabulary = Vocabulary()
    return vocabulary.list_dimension_uoms('DISTANCE')

Retrieve canonical unit of measure from given dimension

from syngenta_digital_uoms.common.vocabulary import Vocabulary

def retrieve_uoms_from_dimension():
    vocabulary = Vocabulary()
    return vocabulary.get_canonical_uom('DISTANCE') # Returns 'm', as meter is the canonical unit of the DISTANCE dimension.

Retrieve the canonical unit of measure from a given unit's dimension

from syngenta_digital_uoms.util.converter import Converter

def convert_uom_to_canonical():
    converter = Converter()
    return converter.convert_uom('ft') # Returns 'm', as meter is the canonical unit of the DISTANCE dimension.

Convert a given value across units of measure

from syngenta_digital_uoms.util.converter import Converter

def convert_value_across_uoms():
    converter = Converter()
    return converter.convert_value(input_uom_code='ft',
                                   input_value=100,
                                   output_uom_code='km') # Returns 0.03048, as 100 feet is equivalent to 0.03048 kilometers.