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<country> Country: in an Address

Country name used within an address.
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
content-type
country
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<address>, <addr-line>, <aff>, <collab>, <conf-loc>, <corresp>, <publisher-loc>
Description
Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  country      (#PCDATA %country-elements;)*                >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

Tagged Samples
<country>
The element content for <country> is uncontrolled, but the @country attribute should use a strict vocabulary (such as the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 codes, see example below). 
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<address>
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 <country country="GB">United Kingdom</country>
</address>
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Without country code attribute (@country) 
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<article-meta>
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 <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>
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</article-meta>
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