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VERTICAL UNITS - Humanities
- Field label
- VERTICAL UNITS
- Field mnemonic
- VU
- Field name
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- Vertical Datum Units
- Unités de mesures verticales
- Field definition
- This field contains the unit of measurement used in the Vertical Datum Measurement field.
- Heading
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE 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 measurement used in the Vertical Datum Measurement field (VDM). For unit of measurement fields, the accepted practice is to enter Imperial abbreviations followed by a period and metric codes without a period.
- Cataloguers rules
- See also, Vertical Datum (VD), Vertical Datum Measurement (VDM) and Vertical Datum Reference (VDRF).
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- in.
- cm
- ft.
- po
- cm
- pi
- Discipline
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- Archaeology
- Source
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- Archaeology (Specimens) Task Force
- Field label (French)
- UNITES DE MESURES VERTICALES
- Field mnemonic (French)
- UV
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