TemporalUnit¶
A standard duration, which provides a scale factor for a time extent, or the granularity or precision for a time position.
NOTE: Membership of the class TemporalUnit is open, to allow for other temporal units used in some technical applications (e.g. millions of years, Baha'i month).
Diagram¶

Formalization for TemporalUnit¶
| Property | Constraint |
|---|---|
| subClassOf | TemporalDuration |
Other annotations¶
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| skos:changeNote | Remove enumeration from definition, in order to allow other units to be used when required in other coordinate systems. |
| NOTE: existing units are still present as members of the class, but the class membership is now open. |
In the original OWL-Time the following constraint appeared: owl:oneOf ( time:unitSecond time:unitMinute time:unitHour time:unitDay time:unitWeek time:unitMonth time:unitYear ) ; |