county
Contents
Darwin Core
Term name
Definition
The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince (county, shire, department, etc.) in which the Location occurs.
Apple Core
Recommendation
As Applicable
Guidelines
- Use controlled vocabulary (see link below)
- Use your internal controlled vocabulary (own language)
- Use verbatim
Controlled vocabulary
- Use this controlled vocabulary:
For smaller subdivisions (i.e. county, canton, department, region, etc.) use a local gazetteer or use the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic names at: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
Usage examples
Note: If the region is recorded on the label as abbreviated name, spell it out. If the region is recorded in a foreign language, do not translate but use the name as recorded as in the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic names or use a local gazetteer for reference. If you can't find the region in the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic names or a local gazetteer, leave the "county" field blank, but make sure to enter the original verbatim data in the verbatimLocality field. [KCP: this is my wording, may need to be revised]
| Example | stateProvince | county | municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Île-du-Prince-Édouard, Canada | Prince Edward Island | ||
| PA, USA | Pennsylvania | ||
| USA, Bedford, MA, Middlesex County | Massachusetts | Middlesex County | Bedford |
| Bamberg, Ufr., Bayern, Deutschland | Bavaria | Unterfranken | Bamberg |
| Région Centre Val de Loire, France | Centre Val de Loire | ||
| Loire, France | |||
| Provincia de Salamanca, España | Salamanca | ||
| Salamanca, España |
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