<state>

State or Province

The name of a state, province, territory or other political unit used in an address. This is a lower-level subdivision than a country, but higher than a city, county, district, or parish. The names for such a unit vary geopolitically.

Remarks

This element is typically part of an address or a location element such as <conf-loc> or <publisher-loc>. JATS users may choose to tag to this level of granularity or not.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

Description

Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more

This element may be contained in:

<address>, <addr-line>, <aff>, <collab>, <conf-loc>, <corresp>, <publisher-loc>

Example 

...
<address>
<institution>Settles-Young Research Corporation</institution>
<addr-line>283 Hawthorne Drive</addr-line>
<addr-line>Suite 310</addr-line>
<addr-line><city>Lexington</city>, <state>KY</state> 
<postal-code>40503</postal-code></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
<phone>(859) 273-8543</phone>
<fax>(859) 299-4683</fax>
<email>lsy@settles-young.com</email>
<uri>http://www.settles-young.com</uri>
</address>
...

Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Version 1.2 (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2019)

Version of May 2019

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