<unit>

<unit> contains a symbol, a word or a phrase referring to a unit of measurement in any kind of formal or informal system. [3.6.3. Numbers and Measures]
Modulecore
Attributes
Member of
model.measureLike
Contained by
analysis: phr s
core: abbr add addrLine author bibl biblScope citedRange corr date del desc distinct editor email emph expan foreign gloss head headItem headLabel hi item l label measure measureGrp meeting mentioned name note num orig p pubPlace publisher q quote rb ref reg resp rs rt said sic soCalled speaker stage street term textLang time title unit
dictionaries: form gen lang
figures: cell figDesc
header: authority catDesc change classCode creation distributor edition extent funder geoDecl handNote language licence principal rendition scriptNote sponsor tagUsage unitDef
linking: ab seg
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions catchwords collation collection colophon condition custEvent decoNote explicit filiation finalRubric foliation heraldry incipit institution layout material musicNotation objectType origDate origPlace origin provenance repository rubric secFol signatures source stamp summary support surrogates typeNote watermark
namesdates: addName birth bloc country death district eventName floruit forename genName gender geogFeat geogName location objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName region roleName settlement surname
textcrit: lem rdg wit
textstructure: dateline docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint
transcr: damage fw metamark mod retrace secl supplied surplus
May contain
analysis: c interp interpGrp m pc phr s w
certainty: certainty precision
core: abbr add address binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index lb measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs ruby said sic soCalled term time title unclear unit
dictionaries: lang
figures: figure notatedMusic
gaiji: g
header: idno
linking: anchor join link linkGrp seg
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName bloc country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName location objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName region roleName settlement state surname
textcrit: app
textstructure: floatingText
transcr: addSpan am damage delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo
character data
Example

Here is an example of a unit element holding a unitRef attribute that points to a definition of the unit in the TEI header.

<measure>
 <num>3</num>
 <unit unitRef="#ell">ells</unit>
</measure>
<!-- In the TEI Header: -->
<encodingDesc>
 <unitDecl>
  <unitDef xml:id="ell">
   <label>ell</label>
   <placeName ref="#iceland"/>
   <desc>A unit of measure for cloth, roughly equivalent to 18 inches, or from an adult male’s elbow to the tip of the middle finger.</desc>
  </unitDef>
 </unitDecl>
</encodingDesc>
Example
<measure>
 <num>2</num>
 <unit>kg</unit>
</measure>
Example
<measure type="value">
 <num>3</num>
 <unit type="time" unit="min">minute</unit>
</measure>
Example
<measure type="interval">
 <num atLeast="1.2">1.2</num> to <num atMost="5.6">5.6</num>
 <unit type="velocity" unit="km/h">km/h</unit>
</measure>
Example
<p>Light travels at <num value="3E10">3×10^10</num>
 <unit type="rate" unit="cm/s">
  <unit type="space">cm</unit> per <unit type="time">second</unit>
 </unit>.</p>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
element unit
{
   tei_att.global.attributes,
   tei_att.typed.attributes,
   tei_att.measurement.attributes,
   tei_macro.phraseSeq
}