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 | |
| Language | Defines the name of the language with the correct iso3166 character code | eng | mads:geographic[@lang="eng"] | to be added |
| Authority | Supplies the name of the authoritative list used for the controlled vocabulary/values | GeoNames | mads:geographic[@authority="geonames"] | to be added |
| Authority URI | Defines the URI for the authority list | http://sws.geonames.org | mads:geographic[@authorityURI="https://sws.geonames.org"] | to be added |
| XML |
<authority> <geographic lang="engspa" authority="geonames" authorityURI="http://sws.geonames.org">Canadá</geographic>>Venezuela</geographic> <authority> |