<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
Tagsetadditional tag set for common core features
Classdata, names [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filenameteicore2
Content: May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
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Declaration
<!ELEMENT measure       - -  (%phrase.seq;)                     >
<!ATTLIST measure            %a.global
                             %a.names
          type               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >
See 6.4.3

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