Hi Rebecca and all-
Excellent, thank you very much for the clarification!
As far as the documentation goes, perhaps it would be enough just to
include a statement just like the one you wrote here, that <county>
applies to anything that claims that label for itself, which definitely
includes counties within U.S. states.
Thanks,
Jenn
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Metadata Object Description Schema List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rebecca S. Guenther
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 1:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [MODS] MODS subject/hierarchicalGeographic/county
>
> We did intend <county> to be used for anything that calls
> itself a county, like US counties, as well as for those that
> are like England's counties that are more the equivalent of
> states in the US. The definition "largest local
> administrative unit" applies in the US (although "local"
> isn't exactly defined-- county is still below the state).
> Maybe we need to rethink the definition to make it clearer.
> We were trying to give guidance for various geographic
> entities outside of the US.
>
> Rebecca
>
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Riley, Jenn wrote:
>
> > Hello all-
> >
> > The MODS 3.0 user guide gives the following guidance for
> usage of the
> > subject/hierarchicalGeographic/county element:
> >
> > <county>
> > ---Includes the largest local administrative unit in various
> > countries, e.g. England.
> >
> > I'm intrepreting this to mean that the <county> element is not
> > appropriate for describing a county within a U.S. state - is that a
> > correct interpretation?
> >
> > If so, if I were to want to include county information for a U.S.
> > location, in addition to country, state, and city (I'm not
> positive I
> > want to do this, but I've got it, so maybe it's best to stick it
> > in...), where would it go?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jenn
> >
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