measurementUnit

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Darwin Core

Term name

measurementUnit

Definition

The units associated with the measurementValue. Recommended best practice is to use the International System of Units (SI).

Apple Core

Recommendation

As Applicable

Guidelines

Recommended best practice is to use the International System of Units (SI)

Controlled vocabulary

N/A

Usage examples

"1963-03-08T14:07-0600" is 8 Mar 1963 2:07pm in the time zone six hours earlier than UTC, "2009-02-20T08:40Z" is 20 Feb 2009 8:40am UTC, "1809-02-12" is 12 Feb 1809, "1906-06" is Jun 1906, "1971" is just that year, "2007-03-01T13:00:00Z/2008-05-11T15:30:00Z" is the interval between 1 Mar 2007 1pm UTC and 11 May 2008 3:30pm UTC, "2007-11-13/15" is the interval between 13 Nov 2007 and 15 Nov 2007.

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