Country Code

MADS Element: authority

Element DefinitionA container that includes a standardized "authoritative" form of an agent (person or organization), an event, a title, or a term (topic, genre, geographic).
AILLA Definition

The Alpha-3 (3-letter) ISO code for this country, in upper case letters (e.g. MEX).

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RepeatableNo
Form Required?Recommended
AILLA Required?Required
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Geographic

Subelement

Supplies the authoritative names of geographic entities mads:authority/mads:geographicto be added
AuthoritySupplies the name of the authoritative list used for the controlled vocabulary/valuesiso3166-1mads:geographic[@authority="iso3166-1"]to be added
XML

<authority>

    <geographic authority="iso3166-1">VEN</geographic>

<authority>