This element contains the name of the country in an address. It is optional in the case of USA addresses (where the country is already provided by the context).

The elements listed below may directly contain this element. They are "parent" elements. Elements in referenced groups are included, up to two levels of group nesting.

Parent elements: <usa> <internat> <publicationfield-text> <pubplace> <ref-conf-text> <meetingloc> <address-text>

The DTD model for this element:

 (only text allowed) 

The DTD contains the following element and attribute definitions (note that embedded links are to definitions within the DTD page of this guide):

<!ELEMENT country                        (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST country
               %a-group-CommonIDAttrs;>

Defined in DTD section Metadata : Article Metadata : Author Details : Address

Common Optional ID Attributes (a-group-CommonIDAttrs)