MODS Element: authority
| Element Definition | A 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). Search for codes with "Country code" selected or browse list. |
| Form option | Text |
| Repeatable | No |
| Form Required? | Required |
| AILLA Required? | Required |
| Map from existing | country_code |
| 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</geographic> <authority> |