Size of a resource or object described in a bibliographic reference or product. The @units attribute must be used to name the unit of measure (for example, minutes, hours, linear feet, pages).
Related Essay: For a discussion on the use of <size>, see Length and Size.
Best Practice: In the metadata for an article, the element <page-count> records the number of pages in a print article, and the <page-range> records additional page information such as discontinuous ranges. In the description of a <product>, number of pages should be recorded using the <size> element, which can also be used for running time and other measurements of size/length. Thus, best practice does not use <page-count> inside <product>.
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Any combination of:
<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
In an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
...
<ref>
<element-citation publication-type="report">
<name><surname>Doebler</surname>
<given-names>JA</given-names></name>
<source>Autoradiographic localization of
[<sup>125</sup>I]-ricin in lungs and trachea of
mice following an aerosol inhalation exposure</source>
<publisher-loc>Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD)</publisher-loc>
<publisher-name>Army Medical Research Institute of
Chemical Defense (US)</publisher-name>
<year>1996</year>
<size units="page">8 p</size>
<gov>Report No.: USAMRICD-TR-96-03</gov>
</element-citation>
</ref>
...
In a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
...
<ref>
<mixed-citation publication-type="report">
<string-name><surname>Doebler</surname>
<given-names>JA</given-names></string-name>.
<source>Autoradiographic localization of
[<sup>125</sup>I]-ricin in lungs and trachea of
mice following an aerosol inhalation exposure</source>.
<publisher-loc>Aberdeen Proving Ground
(MD)</publisher-loc>: <publisher-name>Army Medical
Research Institute of Chemical Defense
(US)</publisher-name>; <year>1996</year>.
<size units="page">8 p</size>. <gov>Report No.:
USAMRICD-TR-96-03</gov>.</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
For a media object:
...
<ref id="B7">
<element-citation publication-type="film">
<person-group>
<name><surname>Williams</surname>
<given-names>Dorothy Jean</given-names></name>
<role>Director and Cinematographer</role>
</person-group>
<source>Gone with the Mind</source>
<size units="running time">95 minutes</size>
...
</element-citation>
</ref>
...
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