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.
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 | United States |
|---|---|
GB | United Kingdom |
CA | Canada |
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.
Used on Elements: <country>, <funding-source>, <patent>
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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. |
Example 1
To identify the 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>
...Example 2
In a reference to a patent, to name the granting country:
...
<element-citation publication-type="patent">...
<patent country="US">US 6,980,855</patent>
<year iso-8601-date="2005-12-27">2005</year>
<month>Dec</month><day>27</day>
</element-citation>
...