Joe Celko's Data, Measurements and Standards in SQL

0.0. Introduction 1.0. Scales and Measurement Theory 2.0. Data Encoding Schemes 2.1. Classification 2.2. Check Digits 3.0. Physical Measurements 3.1. Brief History of Measurement Standards 3.2. Rise of ISO and Other Organizations 3.3. ISO-2955 Standard 3.3.1. Basic Units 3.3.2. Compound Units 3.4. Color Systems 4.0. Temporal Measurements 4.1. The Calendar 4.1.1. A History of the Common Era Calendar 4.1.2. ISO-8601 Standard 4.1.3. Implementations in SQL 4.2. The Clock 4.2.1. Leap Seconds, UTC and Atomic Clocks 4.2.2. Time Zones in SQL 5.0. Industry Standards For Products 5.1. UPC and EAN Bar Codes 5.2. Standard Packaging Units 5.2.1. U.S. Systems 5.2.2. European Union and Other European Systems 5.2.3. Asian and Other Systems 5.3. Bank Standards 5.3.1. Account Numbers 5.3.2. Checking 5.3.2.1. U.S. Banking System 5.3.2.2. IBAN and Other International Standards 6.0. Postal Address Encoding 6.1. Formatting Names 6.2. ZIP Codes in the United States 6.3. Various Foreign Systems 6.4. Systems Used by UPS and other Delivery Services 7.0. Currency 7.1. GAAP Rules in the United States 7.2. Rules for Euro Conversions 8.0. Internet 8.1. Email Addresses 8.2. IP Addresses 9.0. Business Codes 9.1. The Rise and Fall of EDI and ANSI X12 9.2. XML Standards in Various Industries 9.3. Company Identifiers 9.3.1. DUNS 9.3.2. Stock Ticker Symbols 9.4. Chart of Accounts 10.0. Medical Systems 10.1. ICD Codes 10.2. HIPAA Codes 10.3. Drug Codes 11.0. General Classification Systems 11.1. Alphabetic Order 11.1.1. History 11.1.2. Problems with Foreign Alphabets 11.2. Dewey Decimal Classification 11.3. Library of Congress