UNIT-WEIGHT - Humanities
- Field label
- UNIT-WEIGHT
- Field mnemonic
- UNW
- Field name
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- Unit Weight
- Unité de mesure de poids
- Field definition
- This field indicates the unit of weight recorded in conjunction with the Weight field.
- Heading
- DIMENSION FIELDS
- Comments
- NOTE: This field has NOT been updated as part of the May 2010 Data Dictionary update. Priority for the Data Dictionary update was given to those fields that are required or strongly recommended for Artefacts Canada contribution. The Entry Rules for this field will be updated at a later date.
- Entry rules
- Enter the internationally accepted abbreviation for the unit of weight. For units of measurement, the accepted practice is to enter Imperial abbreviations followed by a period and metric codes without a period.
- Cataloguers rules
- See also, Weight (WT).
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- oz.
- g
- kg
- on
- g
- kg
- Discipline
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- Multidiscipline
- Source
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- Archaeology (Specimens) Task Force
- History Task Force
- Ethnology Task Force
- Fine and Decorative Arts Task Force
- Field label (French)
- UNITE DE MESURE DE POIDS
- Field mnemonic (French)
- UNP
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