MADS Element: authority
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| Subelement/Attribute Name | Definition/Description | Examples | XPath Syntax | Dublin Core |
Geographic Subelement | Supplies the authoritative names of geographic entities | mads:authority/mads:geographic | to be added | |
| Authority | Supplies the name of the authoritative list used for the controlled vocabulary/values | iso3166-1 | mads:geographic[@authority="iso3166-1"] | to be added |
| XML |
<authority> <geographic authority="iso3166-1">CAN<>VEN</geographic> <authority> |