A determinate quantity adopted as a standard of measurement.

r_uom_s (PK, M: CHAR VARYING(19))

Surrogate key of the table.


acronym (M: CHAR VARYING(15))

ref_unit_of_measure.acronym
The standard abbreviation for this unit of measure.


name (M: CHAR VARYING(40))

ref_unit_of_measure.name
The name of the unit of measure.


source (FNK, M: CHAR VARYING(40))

reference_behavior.source
The provider of this instance of reference information. If this instance is provided by POSC, then this attribute must be "POSC".
Defines a foreign key to table r_source.


entity_type_nm (M: CHAR VARYING(40))

Column that contains the name of the entity that this row is an instance of in case a table represents multiple entities. Possible values are: ref_base_si_unit, ref_customary_unit_of_measure, ref_derived_si_unit.


description (O: CHAR VARYING(2000))

ref_unit_of_measure.description
The description of this unit of measure.


status (O: CHAR VARYING(11))

reference_behavior.status
The status of this instance in the version of Epicentre running in a data store. This is an enumerated datatype for which the following are the possible values: current, provisional, deprecated. Current - use without restriction. Provisional - use with caution, this value is for comment and may not appear in future releases of Epicentre. Deprecated - avoid use if possible, it is planned to remove this value in the next major release of Epicentre.


source_reference_s (FSK, O: CHAR VARYING(19))

reference_behavior.source_reference
The reference used by source to provide the standard instance, such as Petroleum Industry Data Dictionary (PIDD), Websters Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, etc.
Defines a foreign key to table r_source_ref.


version (FNK, O: CHAR VARYING(40))

reference_behavior.version
Describes the version of Epicentre when this status was assigned to this instance of reference behavior
Defines a foreign key to table r_epcnt_version.