4.10.2 Quantity Classes
| Topic Version | 1 | Published | 11/11/2016 | |
| For Standard | CTA v2.1 | |||
A quantity class represents a set of units with the same dimension and same underlying measurement concept. For example, length is a quantity class.
Quantity classes are used to constrain items in the data model because the class defines all of the units that are allowed to be used with something that represents a specialization of that class.