Property:Display units

'''Display units''' is a [[special property]] that specifies the a comma-separated list of units or formats that a property should use in display. In the English language, the name ''display unit'' is an alias for this property.

When used on property pages that have a datatype that supports [[Help:Custom units|units]], the effect is that all printouts will show the values only in the given units, and only in their given order. If a property does not specify any display units, then it will appear converted into all units supported by its [[type]]. You can add this special property to a property page to limit the display, or to control the unit name used (e.g. display "mins" instead of "minutes").  The additional unit conversions appear in the tooltip and [[Factbox]] and some search results. Note that even if you limit the display of units, you can still specify a property value using any unit that the underlying type supports.

For example, see on ontoworld.org how [[ow:Property:Age]] displays ages in years and converted into seconds, but not into other time units like days, minutes, or hours that its [[ow:Type:Time]] also supports.

[[Category:Special property|Display units]]
[[Category:Semantic MediaWiki documentation]]

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