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Front Matter Page
Acknowledgements: Special thanks go to our colleagues at the IMF Statistics Department, especially Mike Seiferling and Gareth McGuinness, and Karl A. Froeschl from the University of Vienna for valuable feedback and discussions on this and previous versions of the paper.
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Current Practice
III. Standards and Guidelines
A. SDMX Content Oriented Guidelines (COG)
B. International System of Units (SI)
C. Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)
IV. Beyond the current SDMX COG
A. Generic Unit Types
B. Unit of Measure and Related Concepts
V. Conclusion
VI. References
Appendix 1. Examples by Data Structure
Appendix 2. Examples by Unit Type
Tables
Table 1. Unit Type Ration: Case Distinction
Table 2. Unit Types, Units, and Constraints
Table 3. Examples for Indicator including Unit of Measure
Table 4. Examples for separate Indicator and Unit
Table 5. Examples for separate Indicator, Unit, and Unit Multiplier
Table 6. Examples for separate Indicator, Unit, and Type of Measure
Table 7. Examples for Indicator, Unit, and Adjustments
Table 8. Examples for separate Indicator, Type of Measure, and Unit (as free text)
Table 9. Examples for Count Type Units
Table 10. Examples for Currency Type Units
Table 11. Examples for Index Type Units
Table 12. Examples for Units of Derived Unit Type