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country Country
An abbreviation or code that names a country. This is information that can be used
to
identify a country that granted a patent or to provide a machine-comparable form of
the
name of a country as an addition to the content of the <country> element.
Usage/Remarks
Best Practice
Although this attribute is optional
and open to any value, for best practice, the country code should be provided whenever
it
is known, and the ISO 3166-1 2-letter alphabetic codes should be used, for example:
The complete list is available from ISO, in HTML, text-file, and XML-file
versions at the following location:
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search and
choose the county code button and search using the search icon.
US
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United States
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GB
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United Kingdom
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CA
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Canada
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On the element <country>, archives and
publishers can use this attribute to regularize the input for searching without altering
the element content, for example, placing a country code in the attribute when the
<country> element content is fully spelled
out or uses a non-standard country abbreviation.
OPTIONAL on many elements; click for list and usage
Value | Meaning |
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Text, numbers, or special characters | An abbreviation for a country, typically using the ISO 3166-1 two-letter alphabetic codes, for example, “US” for the United States of America. |
Restriction | @country is an optional attribute; there is no default. |
Tagged Samples
Country of the funding organization
...
<award-group id="arda-511" award-type="contract">
<funding-source country="US">ARDA ACQUAINT</funding-source>
<principal-award-recipient>Berkeley</principal-award-recipient>
</award-group>
...
Country codes
The @country attribute should use a strict vocabulary (such as the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 codes, see
example below), but the element content may be uncontrolled.
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<address>
...
<country country="GB">United Kingdom</country>
</address>
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Country granting a patent (in citation)
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<element-citation publication-type="patent">
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<collab collab-type="assignee">Hospira, Inc.</collab>
<source>Microneedles for minimally invasive
drug delivery</source>
<patent country="US">United States
patent US 6,980,855</patent>
<year iso-8601-date="2005-12-27">2005</year>
<month>Dec</month>
<day>27</day>
</element-citation>
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