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3.8 Coverage

The Coverage (M46) element describes the time or space the record covers. For example, a record may cover to the year 1970, or it might cover the greater Melbourne metropolitan area. This element is equivalent to the AGLS Coverage element.

Figure 9. Subelements of the Coverage element.

The subelements have the following functions:

• Jurisdiction (M47). This subelement describes the jurisdiction covered by the record (Commonwealth, State, or local government administration).
• Place Name (M48). This subelement is the name of a place or area (e.g. a town, or region).
• Period Name (M49). This subelement is a time period. The contents of this element might be the name of a period (e.g. 'Federation' or 'World War I'), or it might be a date range (e.g. '1960/1970'). Section 14 of PROS 99/007 Specification 2 gives the required format of a date range.

An example of the XML representation of a jurisdiction coverage is:

<naa:Coverage>
   <naa:Jurisdiction>City of Banyule</naa:Jurisdiction>
</naa:Coverage>

An example of a place name coverage is:

<naa:Coverage>
   <naa:PlaceName>Seaspray</naa:PlaceName>
</naa:Coverage>

An example of a period name coverage (using the name of a period) is:

<naa:Coverage>
   <naa:PeriodName>Edwardian</naa:PeriodName>
</naa:Coverage>

An example of a period name coverage (using a date range) is:

<naa:Coverage>
   <naa:PeriodName>1964-04-15/2003-05-01</naa:PeriodName>
</naa:Coverage>

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