INDIVIDUAL ELEMENT DEFINITIONS
Coverage Geographical (Contributor)

 

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NAME Coverage Geographical (Contributor)
OBLIGATION TO USE

Optional
DEFINITION Keywords that identify the region or location associated with the intellectual content of a media item. These keyword descriptions may be offered by the contributor of a media item in order to inform PBS official taxonomies.
ELEMENT DEPENDENCIES Coverage Geographical
CONTROLLED VOCABULARY Free Text
QUANTITY PERMITTED 0-Unlimited
DATA TYPE Text String
NOTES/GUIDELINES This element identifies named regions or locations. This field can be utilized by contributors and forwarded to PBS in order to inform them about known named regions or locationsthat PBS may use to more accurately describe the media item's content (for the metadata element Coverage Geographcial as provided by PBS).
FORMAT/EXAMPLES

Enter the official name as it is mostly commonly known. Look to an authoritative source such as the Library of Congress, USGS, UNSD or AACR2 for guidance.

USGS Geographic Names Information Services (GNIS): http://geonames.usgs.gov/
> 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the US and territories.
> Contains the name of the feature, location by State, county, and geographic coordinates.

United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/links.htm

ISO is another source which may be used for guidance. As an example, here is a link to the ISO 3166 Country Codes: http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements
VERSION NUMBER v 1.2

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