Top Level Element: <affiliation>

Definition	The name of an organization, institution, etc., and associated information for a name recorded in <authority>.
Attributes	lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration, ID, xlink
Subelements	<position>, <organization>, <address>, <email>, <phone>, <fax>, <hours>, <dateValid>

Guidelines for Use

<affiliation> is a container element to encode the affiliation name and associated information for a person or organization identified by <authority>.

This element is optional and repeatable. If used, at least one of the subelements must be included. <affiliation> can be repeated to show multiple affiliations related to a name.

Element Description

Attributes

lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration, ID, xlink

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

The following subelements are described below:

<position>
<organization>
<address>
<email>
<phone>
<fax>
<hours>
<dateValid>

MARC Mapping

<affiliation> = MARC 21 Authority field 371 or 373

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Subelement: <position>

Definition	The position or job title associated with the <authority><name> at the designated organization (<affiliation><organization>).
Attributes	lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration
Subelements	None

Guidelines for Use

This subelement is optional and repeatable.

Element Description

Attributes

lang; xml:lang; script; transliteration

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

There are no subelements for <position>.

MARC Mapping

<affiliation><position> = MARC 21 Authority field 373 subfield a

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Subelement: <organization>

Definition	The name of the organization that is associated with the <authority><name>.
Attributes	authority, authorityURI, valueURI, lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration
Subelements	None

Guidelines for Use

Used to provide additional information about an organization associated with the authoritative name. If the organization itself is the authoritative name, it should appear in the <authority><name> field with type="corporate" and not in this element.

The Library of Congress maintains a list of Name and Title Authority Source Codes that can be used in the authority attribute of this element to specify a controlled list from which the organization name is taken.

This element is optional and repeatable.

Element Description

Attributes

authority, authorityURI, valueURI, lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

There are no subelements for <organization>.

MARC Mapping

There is no MARC 21 Authority equivalent for <organization>.

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Subelement: <address>

Definition	The address associated with the <affiliation><organization>.
Attributes	lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration
Subelements	<street>, <city>, <state>, <country>, <postcode>

Guidelines for Use

<address> is a container element. If it is used, as many subelements for which information is known should be included.

This subelement is optional and repeatable.

Element Description

Attributes

lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration.

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

The following subelements may be included with <address>.

<street>
<city>
<state>
<country>
<postcode>

Subelement Attributes

All <address> sublements have the attributes:

lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

MARC Mapping

<affiliation><address><street> = MARC 21 Authority field 371 subfield a

<affiliation><address><city> = MARC 21 Authority field 371 subfield b

<affiliation><address><state> = MARC 21 Authority field 371 subfield c

<affiliation><address><country> = MARC 21 Authority field 371 subfield d

<affiliation><address><postcode> = MARC 21 Authority field 371 subfield e

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Subelement: <email>

Definition	The email address associated with the <authority><name>.
Attributes	lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration
Subelements	None

Guidelines for Use

This subelement is optional and repeatable.

Element Description

Attributes

lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

There are no subelements for <email>.

MARC Mapping

<affiliation><email> = MARC 21 Authority field 371 subfield m

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Subelement: <phone>

Definition	Phone number associated with the <affiliation><organization>
Attributes	lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration
Subelements	None

Guidelines for Use

This subelement is optional and repeatable.

Element Description

Attributes

lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

There are no subelements for <phone>.

MARC Mapping

There is no MARC 21 Authority equivalent for <phone>.

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Subelement: <fax>

Definition	Fax number associated with the <affiliation><organization>
Attributes	lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration
Subelements	None

Guidelines for Use

This subelement is optional and repeatable.

Element Description

Attributes

lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

There are no subelements for <fax>.

MARC Mapping

There is no MARC 21 Authority equivalent for <fax>.

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Subelement: <hours>

Definition	The available hours associated with the affiliation organization.
Attributes	lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration
Subelements	None

Guidelines for Use

This value is uncontrolled free text.

This element is optional and repeatable.

Element Description

Attributes

lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

There are no subelements for <hours>.

MARC Mapping

There is no MARC 21 Authority equivalent for <hours>.

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Subelement: <dateValid>

Definition	The date(s) during which the affiliation was valid.
Attributes	encoding, keyDate, qualifier, point, lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration
Subelements	None

Guidelines for Use

The date may be in textual or structured form. If it is structured, the encoding attribute should specify the format.

When a date is uncertain or cataloger-supplied, indicate this through the use of the qualifier attribute rather than inserting characters such as "ca.", brackets, or a question mark as part of the date string.

If there is both a start and end date related to <dateValid>, the point attribute should be used.

This element is optional and repeatable but strongly recommended.

Element Description

Attributes

encoding, qualifier, point, lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

There are no subelements for <dateValid>.

MARC Mapping

<affiliation><dateValid encoding="iso8601" point="start"> = MARC 21 Authority field 373 subfield s

<affiliation><dateValid encoding="iso8601" point="end"> = MARC 21 Authority field 373 subfield t

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EXAMPLES

<authority>

<name>

<namePart type="personal">Obama, Barack</namePart>

</name>

</authority>

<affiliation>

<organization>United States</organization>

<position>President</position>

<address>

<street>The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW</street>

<city>Washington, DC </city>

<postcode>20500</postcode>

</address>

<dateValid encoding="iso8601" point="start">20090120</dateValid>

</affiliation>

Last Updated: April 23, 2012