`<measure>` | contains a word or phrase referring to some quantity of an object or commodity, usually comprising a number, a unit and a commodity name.

Attributes:

`type` | specifies the type of unit in which the measure is expressed.
| Datatype: CDATA

Legal values:

`weight` | measure of weight e.g. kg, pound.
`count` | unit of count, e.g. dozen, score.
`length` | measure of length, e.g. pole, mm.
`area` | measure of area e.g. acre, hectare.
`volume` | measure of volume e.g. litre, gallon.
`currency` | unit of currency e.g. ecu, escudo, mark.

| Default: #IMPLIED
Note |

Example

        <measure key=LBSF11 type='weight'>
            <num>2</num> pounds of flesh</measure>
        <measure type=currency reg='$1.56'>a quid</measure>
        <measure type=area reg='8 ECU'>2 merks of old extent</measure>

Note
Tagset additional tag set for common core features
Class data, names [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename `teicore2`
Content: May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
Parents ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date dateRange def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality figDesc firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT measure       - -  (%phrase.seq;)                     >
    <!ATTLIST measure            %a.global
                                 %a.names
              type               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 6.4.3

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