Proposed unit of measure - Value Domain
The following information is applicable to value domains only.
Definition
A unit of measure that currently does not exist within METEOR but is required to develop the current value domain.
Obligation
Conditional completion: complete for value domains that require a unit of measure that is not currently used in METEOR.
Development rules
Registrars will assign the unit of measure if the desired unit of measure is not available i.e. a new unit of measure must be created by the Registrar.
To propose a new unit of measure:
- State the full name of the unit of measure in singular form, followed by the unit of measure symbol (if one exists) enclosed in parentheses e.g. Gram (g).
- Capitalise the first letter of the first word only, except when referring to proper nouns e.g. Degree Celsius.
- A unit of measure symbol should be recognised by an International or Australian standard e.g. ISO 1000, International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM), and National Measurement Act 1960.
- A unit of measure symbol must not symbolise more than one unit of measure within METEOR e.g. m refers to meter, not minute or month This rule does not apply to symbol prefixes (e.g. m also symbolises 0.001 of another unit) and when combined with the unit meter (m), will result in the valid symbol mm.
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