This page documents the unit canonical concept dataset. The
complete XML file is also available for review.
Basic Info
Provider
Imported Namespaces
Topics
No topics defined.
Concepts
Concept: unit
unit [XML] |
Unit |
entity:entity |
Specifies the unit associated with a metric concept. Example:
<concept id="area_unit" extends="unit:unit">
<info>
<name>
<value>Area in square kilometers</value>
</name>
</info>
<table ref="area_unit_table"/>
</concept>
The table contains a single row that contains the property values:
symbol,symbol_position,unit_text
km²,END,square kilometers
One can then use this unit in defining a metric concept:
<concept id="country_area" extends="quantity:magnitude">
<info>
<name>
<value>Country area in square kilometers</value>
</name>
</info>
<attribute id="unit" concept="area_unit"/>
<table ref="country_area_table"/>
</concept>
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No local attributes. |
symbol [XML] |
The symbol associated with a unit. |
string |
unit_text [XML] |
Unit text |
string |
Descriptive text that can be displayed next to a value. |
|
Concept: symbol_position
Concept: currency
currency [XML] |
Currency unit |
unit |
currency_table |
Specifies the currency associated with a metric concept. Each currency
is identified by its 3-letter currency code (ISO 4217). |
No local attributes. |
No local properties. |
Slices
No slices defined.
Tables
Table: unit_symbol_position_table
unit_symbol_position_table [XML] |
unit_symbol_positions.csv [CSV] |
Name |
Type |
symbol_position |
string |
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Table: currency_table
currency_table [XML] |
currencies.csv [CSV] |
Name |
Type |
currency |
string |
unit_text |
string |
symbol |
string |
symbol_position |
string |
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