<address> Address/Contact Information

Container element for contact information such as a postal address for a person or organization.

Usage/Remarks

There are many ways to tag an address: as text; as a series of named address elements including <country>, <email>, and <fax>; as a series of address lines <addr-line>, which may or may not have other elements such as <country> identified within them as a mixture of named elements and address lines; etc.

Common Practice

If the address is divided into lines, the lines can be preserved using the <addr-line> element. If the address is just a block of undifferentiated text, numbers, or special characters, the entire address may be placed inside one <addr-line> element.
Related Elements
The elements used in an address may include the address class elements: <addr-line>, <city>, <country>, <fax>, <institution>, <institution-wrap>, <state>, <phone>, and <postal-code> and the address linking class elements: <email>, <ext-link>, and <uri>.
Attributes

Base Attributes

Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  address      %address-model;                              >
Expanded Content Model

(addr-line | city | country | fax | institution | institution-wrap | phone | postal-code | state | email | ext-link | uri | label | x)*

Tagged Sample

Mixing address lines and semantic elements

...
<article-meta>
 ...
 <contrib-group>
  <contrib contrib-type="author">
   <name><surname>Silverstein</surname>
    <given-names>Michael Q.</given-names></name>
   <aff id="UWW">
    <institution>Department of Pathobiology
     University of WallieWash</institution>
    <addr-line>Oberlin, Washington 96204</addr-line>
    <country>USA</country>
   </aff>
  </contrib>

  <contrib contrib-type="author">
   <name><surname>Taylor</surname>
    <given-names>James C.</given-names></name>
   <degrees>Ph D</degrees>
   <aff id="affKalakukko">Kalakukko Corporation</aff>
   <address>
    <institution>Kalakukko Corporation</institution>
    <addr-line>17 West Jefferson St.</addr-line>
    <addr-line>Suite 207</addr-line>
    <addr-line>New South Finland, MD 20856.</addr-line>
    <country>USA</country>
    <phone>(301) 754-5766</phone>
    <fax>(301) 754-5765</fax>
    <email>jct@kalakukko.com</email>
    <uri>http://www.kalakukko.com</uri>
   </address>
  </contrib>
 </contrib-group>
 ...
</article-meta>
...