<geographiccoordinates> is a new element in EAD3 which can be used inside <geogname>, after the <part> element to add specificity to the name. While it must be used after the <part> elements, it can be used as many times as desired.
Attributes
- @altrender – not required. Use if the content of the element should be displayed or printed differently than the rendering established in a style sheet for other occurrences of the element.
- @audience – not required. Use to set whether the element’s contents will be visible to external users or to internal ones. Possible values are: “internal” and “external.”
- @coordinatesystem – REQUIRED. Use to designate the commonly-used code for the system being used to express the coordinates, such as WGS84, OSGB36, ED50.
- @id – not required. Creates an ID for element. Can be used for linking.
- @lang – not required. Three-letter code that indicates the language in which the element’s contents were written. It should come from ISO 639-2b.
- @script – not required. Four-letter code that indicates the script in which the element’s contents were written. It should come from ISO 15924.
Child Elements
<geographiccoordinates> may only contain text.
Example
<geogname identifier="http://viaf.org/viaf/14135034"><part>Minneapolis</part><part>Minnesota</part><geographiccoordinates coordinatesystem="WGS84">44.9799700, -93.2638400</geographiccoordinates></geogname> |
EAD3 Tag Library Entry
View the official tag library entry for <geographiccoordinates>
