<size> Size

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).

Usage/Remarks

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>, the number of pages should be recorded using the <size> element, which can also be used for running time and other measurements of size/length. The element <page-count> cannot be used inside <product>.
Attributes
units (REQUIRED)

Base Attributes

Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  size         (#PCDATA %size-elements;)*                   >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

Tagged Samples
In citations (print, PDF)
Mixed citation
...
<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 iso-8601-date="1996">1996</year>.
  <size units="pages">8</size> p. <gov>Report No.:
  USAMRICD-TR-96-03</gov>.</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
Element citation
...
<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 iso-8601-date="1996">1996</year>
  <size units="pages">8 p</size>
  <gov>Report No.: USAMRICD-TR-96-03</gov>
 </element-citation>
</ref>
...
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 specific-use="running time"
    units="minutes">95 minutes</size>
  ...
 </element-citation>
</ref>
...
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