Use file size in bytes, which is less error-prone and conforms to DCAT

examples/catalog-sample-extended.csv

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 title,description,keyword,modified,publisher,person,mbox,identifier,accessLevel,dataDictionary,accessURL,webService,format,license,spatial,temporal,issued,accrualPeriodicity,language,granularity,dataQuality,theme,references,size,landingPage,feed,systemOfRecords
-Office Locations,A list of the agency's office locations and contact information.,keyword1,1/1/2013,Agency,"John, Smith",[email protected],1,Public,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/locations,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/locations.zip,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/locations.json,csv,public domain,United States,today,7/9/2012,6 months,English,Address,TRUE,Energy,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/locations/document.doc,44KB,http://www.agency.gov/offices,,
-Database Export,A full export of the agency's database.,keyword2,2/1/2013,Agency,"Jane, Smith",[email protected],2,Public,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/database,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/database.csv,,xml,public domain,United States,2001-current,3/1/2012,yearly,English,Station,TRUE,Education,"http://www.agency.gov/bureau1/document3.doc, http://www.agency.gov/bureau1/document5.txt",5MB,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/database,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/database.rss,http://www.agency.gov/systemsofrecord/system2
-System Data API,A restful web service for a system's data set from 2012.,"keyword1, keyword2",12/15/2012,Agency,"Bill, Smith",[email protected],3,Public,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/system_api,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/system_2012.csv,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/data_api.json,"csv, json",creative commons Cco,United States,2012,2/15/2013,weekly,English,Individual,TRUE,"Health, Education",http://www.agency.gov/bureau1/document3.pdf,300MB,http://www.agency.gov/developer/system,http://api.agency.gov/system.rss,http://www.agency.gov/systemsofrecord/system1
+Office Locations,A list of the agency's office locations and contact information.,keyword1,1/1/2013,Agency,"John, Smith",[email protected],1,Public,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/locations,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/locations.zip,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/locations.json,csv,public domain,United States,today,7/9/2012,6 months,English,Address,TRUE,Energy,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/locations/document.doc,44000,http://www.agency.gov/offices,,
+Database Export,A full export of the agency's database.,keyword2,2/1/2013,Agency,"Jane, Smith",[email protected],2,Public,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/database,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/database.csv,,xml,public domain,United States,2001-current,3/1/2012,yearly,English,Station,TRUE,Education,"http://www.agency.gov/bureau1/document3.doc, http://www.agency.gov/bureau1/document5.txt",5000000,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/database,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/database.rss,http://www.agency.gov/systemsofrecord/system2
+System Data API,A restful web service for a system's data set from 2012.,"keyword1, keyword2",12/15/2012,Agency,"Bill, Smith",[email protected],3,Public,http://www.agency.gov/data/information/system_api,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/system_2012.csv,http://www.agency.gov/data/raw/data_api.json,"csv, json",creative commons Cco,United States,2012,2/15/2013,weekly,English,Individual,TRUE,"Health, Education",http://www.agency.gov/bureau1/document3.pdf,30000000,http://www.agency.gov/developer/system,http://api.agency.gov/system.rss,http://www.agency.gov/systemsofrecord/system1

examples/catalog-sample-extended.html

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ <h3>Office Locations</h3>
 
       <li>
         <strong>Size:</strong> 
-        <span rel="dcat:size">44KB</span>
+        <span rel="dcat:size">44000</span>
       </li>
 
       <li>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ <h3>Database Export</h3>
 
       <li>
         <strong>Size:</strong> 
-        <span rel="dcat:size">5MB</span>
+        <span rel="dcat:size">5000000</span>
       </li>
 
       <li>
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ <h3>System Data API</h3>
 
       <li>
         <strong>Size:</strong> 
-        <span rel="dcat:size">300MB</span>
+        <span rel="dcat:size">300000000</span>
       </li>
 
       <li>

examples/catalog-sample-extended.json

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             {
                 "accessURL": "https://explore.data.gov/views/ykv5-fn9t/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD", 
                 "format": "csv",
-                "size": "200mb"
+                "size": "200000000"
             }, 
             {
                 "accessURL": "https://explore.data.gov/views/ykv5-fn9t/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD", 

examples/catalog-sample-extended.xml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
       <attribute rel="dcat:distribution"></attribute>
 
-      <attribute rel="dcat:size">44KB</attribute>
+      <attribute rel="dcat:size">44000</attribute>
 
       <attribute rel="foaf:homepage"></attribute>
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
       <attribute rel="dcat:distribution"></attribute>
 
-      <attribute rel="dcat:size">5MB</attribute>
+      <attribute rel="dcat:size">5000000</attribute>
 
       <attribute rel="foaf:homepage">http://www.agency.gov/data/information/database</attribute>
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 
       <attribute rel="dcat:distribution"></attribute>
 
-      <attribute rel="dcat:size">300MB</attribute>
+      <attribute rel="dcat:size">300000000</attribute>
 
       <attribute rel="foaf:homepage"></attribute>
 

schema.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Granularity         | Level of granularity of the dataset.
 Data Quality        | Whether the dataset meets the agency's Information Quality Guidelines (true/false).                                                                                                             | dataQuality          
 Category            | Main thematic category of the dataset.                                                                                                        | theme                 
 Related Documents   | Related documents such as technical information about a dataset, developer documentation, etc.                                                                                            | references            
-Size                | The size of the downloadable dataset.                                                                                                         | size                  
+Size                | The size in bytes of the downloadable dataset.                                                                                                         | size                  
 Homepage URL        | Alternative landing page used to redirect user to a contextual, Agency-hosted "homepage" for the Dataset or API when selecting this resource from the Data.gov user interface. | landingPage	            
 RSS Feed            | URL for an RSS feed that provides access to the dataset.                                                                                      | feed            
 System of Records   | URL to the System of Records related to this dataset. | systemOfRecords
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Field       | title
 **Accepted Values** | See Usage Notes
 **Usage Notes** | Distribution is a concatenation, as appropriate, of the following elements: download url, format, endpoint, language, size.  An example of this this model is:  
 
-    "distribution": [`{"accessURL": "http://data.mcc.gov/example_resource/data.json", "format":"JSON", "size":"22mb"}`,`{"accessURL":"http://data.mcc.gov/example_/data.xml", "format":"XML", "size":"24mb"}`]  
+    "distribution": [`{"accessURL": "http://data.mcc.gov/example_resource/data.json", "format":"JSON", "size":"22000000"}`,`{"accessURL":"http://data.mcc.gov/example_/data.xml", "format":"XML", "size":"24000000"}`]  
 
 **Example** | -
 
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ Field       | title
 **Cardinality** | (0,n)
 **Required** | No
 **Accepted Values** | See Usage Notes
-**Usage Notes** | Sizes should be formatted as (e.g.), 52kb, 140mb, 2gb. 
-**Example** |  `{"size":"3mb"}`
+**Usage Notes** | The file size in bytes should be an integer. 
+**Example** |  `{"size":3000000}`
 
 {.table .table-striped}
 **Field** | **landingPage**