For units such as “cup”, “tablespoon” and “teaspoon”, different countries have different equivalent values in liters. For instance a “cup” could mean 8oz, 285ml or 250ml in the US, UK and Australia respectively. For conversion, these must be clarified.

Specification of the standard of measurement which is intended should be considered.

Part 4, Section 3.17.7.48

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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment MT-0003 (Modified: 2008-01-13) We agree that several of the measures inside the CONVERT function are ambiguously defined. We will make the following changes: Part 4, §3.17.7.48, page 2,572, line 17 Description: Converts a number from one measurement system to another. Part 4, §3.17.7.48, page 2,575, the first table Liquid Measure Unit String Meaning Cup Traditional U.S. Cup (1/2 U.S. pint) Gal U.S. Gallon l or lt Liter Oz U.S. Fluid ounce Pt or us_pt U.S. pint Qt U.S. Quart Tbs Traditional U.S. Tablespoon (1/2 U.S. fluid ounce) Tsp Traditional U.S. Teaspoon (1/6 U.S. fluid ounce) uk_pt U.K. pint Part 1, §3, “Normative References”, add the following: “NIST Guide to SI Units”, http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB9.html Similar Comments: AU-0028 , CL-0180 , CO-0172 , ECMA-0027 , FR-0503 , GB-0384 , IE-0006 , PH-0004 , US-0183 , UY-0012