continent

Term name
continent

Definition
The name of the continent in which the Location occurs. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names or the ISO 3166 Continent code.

Recommendation
As Applicable

Guidelines
GUIDELINES

Controlled vocabulary
use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names at http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/

Usage examples

 * Canada

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION