Places within entries

Capture names or addresses of places using the place element and associated attributes. Capture the place as content of the element and capture specific parts of the place and address in the attributes.

Typecodes used for place

PLACE	a place
PLACE:F	a foreign place

The attributes and allowed content are:

addressCode: Post/Zip Code of an address
country: Name of a country (e.g. England, France, Spain)
county: Name of a county, region, or state (e.g. Yorkshire, East Anglia, Kansas)
parish: Name of a parish/borough (e.g. Oxon, Kent)
institution: Name of a building or company (e.g. Westminster Abbey, Eiffel Tower, Leeds University)
subInstitution: Name of a section of a building or company
street: Name of a street
town: Name of a town or city
role: qualifier on the place; The only allowed value for role on place is 'foreign'. Use only when typecode PLACE:F is used.
type: The place type.

Determine the place type attribute from the information within and around the place details. If you determine the place type, the value should be one of the following;

Value	Meaning
birth	Place of birth
death	Place of death
burial	Burial place
baptism	Place of baptism
address	Address

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      <e id="acref-9780195123456-e-0355" doi="10.1093/acref/9780195123456.013.0355">
        <headwordGroup><headword type="person">
                     <nameGrp mainName="Ailey" foreNames="Alvin">Ailey,
            Alvin</nameGrp>
                 </headword>. <headwordInfo>
 <p>
                         <span role="ency">(<date role="lifespan" isoStart="05-01-1931" isoEnd="01-12-1989">b.
                  5 January 1931; d. 1 December 1989</date>)</span>
   <span role="occupation">choreographer</span> and <span role="occupation">dancer</span>.</p></headwordInfo>
        </headwordGroup>
        <section role="main"><textMatter>
 <div1>
   <p>Born in <place type="birth" town="Rogers" county="Texas">Rogers, Texas</place>,
                Alvin Ailey was raised in a single-parent home headed by his mother...</p>
 </div1></textMatter>
        </section>
      </e>