text: do you have any idea where we can get the "official standard" way of listing measurements in such as lxwxh?   sorry, there is no official or standard way of listing measurements of any kind. the best we get are requirements from the publishers that manuscripts comply with some set of rules for their periodicals. scientists are too varied in their origin, education, and habits to ever get them to agree on a standard. however, there is a general agreement on which units of mass, length, and time are internationally used (mks), but even that is often violated by minor publishers.