UNIT DATUM MEASUREMENT - Humanities
- Field label
- UNIT DATUM MEASUREMENT
- Field mnemonic
- UDM
- Field name
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- Unit Datum Measurement
- Mesure du point de référence
- Field definition
- This field contains the measurement of the vertical distance from the unit datum to the object.
- 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 depth above or below the unit datum, that is, the vertical distance measurement from the unit datum to the object.
- Cataloguers rules
- See also, Unit Datum (UD), Minimum Depth Below Surface (DBSMN), Maximum Depth Below Surface (DBSMX) and Depth/Units (DBSU).
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Discipline
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- Archaeology
- Field label (French)
- MESURE DU POINT DE REFERENCE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- MPREF
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