Size of a resource or object described in a bibliographic reference or product. The @units attribute must be used to name the units 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 a book or book component, the element <page-count> records the number of pages in a print version, 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 publisher-type="gov">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name><surname>Norman</surname>
<given-names>John C</given-names></name>
<aff>Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX</aff>
</person-group>
<gov>Report No.: NIH-N01-HV-5-3006-4-VI. Contract No.
N01-HV-5-3006</gov>
<source>ALVAD: 1980. A comprehensive final report to NHLI</source>
<volume>1</volume>
<publisher-loc>Bethesda (MD)</publisher-loc>
<publisher-name>National Institutes of Health, National Heart and
Lung Institute, Devices and Services Branch</publisher-name>
<month>01</month>
<year iso-8601-date="1980-01">1980</year>
<size units="pages">340</size>
<comment>Available from: NTIS, Springfield, VA;
PB80-148810</comment>
</element-citation>
</ref>
...
In a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
...
<ref>
<mixed-citation publisher-type="gov">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<string-name><surname>Norman</surname>,
<given-names>John C</given-names></string-name>,
<aff>Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX</aff>
</person-group>. <gov>Report No.: NIH-N01-HV-5-3006-4-VI.
Contract No. N01-HV-5-3006</gov>. <source>ALVAD: 1980.
A comprehensive final report to NHLI</source>. Vol.
<volume>1</volume>. <publisher-loc>Bethesda (MD)</publisher-loc>:
<publisher-name>National Institutes of Health, National Heart and
Lung Institute, Devices and Services Branch</publisher-name>;
<month>01</month> <year iso-8601-date="1980-01">1980</year>.
<size units="pages">340</size> p. Available from: NTIS,
Springfield, VA; PB80-148810</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>
...