Collection Countries**

MODS Element: originInfo

Element Definition	Information about the origin of the collection, including place of origin or publication, publisher/originator, and dates associated with the resource
AILLA Definition	A designation of the country or countries in which the collection materials were collected or created.

Form option	Country / País = autosuggest free text field menu
Repeatable	Yes
Form Required?	Recommended
AILLA Required?	Required

Subelement/Attribute Name	Definition/Description	Examples	XPath Syntax	Dublin Core
Event type	Identifies production as the auto filled value for the event of origin for the collection	Production	mods:originInfo[@eventType="production"]
Place Subelement	Name of the place(s) associated with the production origin of the collection		mods:originInfo/mods:place
Place term Subelement	Contains the place(s) of production origin of the collection		mods:place/mods:placeTerm
Type	Indicates the language(s) of the collection in textual form	text	mods:placeTerm[@type="text"]	to be added
Authority	Supplies the name of the authoritative list used for the controlled vocabulary/values	aillaCountry	mods:placeTerm[@authority="aillaCountry"]	to be added
URI	@valueURI="URI of Country object" is flag for some automation process to insert the URI of the corresponding Country object	http://islandora-ailla.lib.utexas.edu/islandora/object/ailla:119902	mods:placeTerm[@valueURI="URI of Country object"]	to be added

XML

<place>

</place>

</originInfo>

** Country entry on Collection and Resource levels differ and are not the same entry. **

Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America