UNIT-VOLUME - Humanities
- Field label
- UNIT-VOLUME
- Field mnemonic
- UNV
- Field name
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- Unit Volume
- Unité de mesure du volume
- Field definition
- This field indicates the unit of measure to be applied to the volume measurement contained in the Volume 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 volume. 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, Volume (VOL).
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- cm3
- cu.ft.
- m3
- cm3
- pi3
- m3
- Discipline
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- Multidiscipline
- Field label (French)
- UNITE DE MESURE DU VOLUME
- Field mnemonic (French)
- UNV
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