<tbx:geographicalUsage>

Geographical Usage Flag

An indicator of the geographical area in which the term is used. Use values found for “region” in the IANA language subtag registry. (Do not use deprecated values.)

Remarks

The <tbx:geographicalUsage> element may be omitted when it makes no useful distinction (as where terms do not vary between countries or regions).

Attributes

id Document Internal Identifier
script Script
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language of an Element

Model Description

Text, numbers, or special characters

This element may be contained in:

<tbx:tig>

Example

First example is British English; second example is American English:
<tbx:termEntry id="ISO10241-1.a27.234">
  <tbx:langSet xml:lang="en">
    <tbx:definition>deck structure supported by vertical and possibly inclined piles extending into
      the sea, frequently in a direction normal to the coastline</tbx:definition>
    <tbx:tig>
      <tbx:term id="a27.234-1">jetty</tbx:term>
      <tbx:partOfSpeech value="noun"/>
      <tbx:geographicalUsage>en GB</tbx:geographicalUsage>
    </tbx:tig>
    <tbx:tig>
      <tbx:term id="a27.234-2">pier</tbx:term>
      <tbx:partOfSpeech value="noun"/>
      <tbx:geographicalUsage>en US</tbx:geographicalUsage>
    </tbx:tig>
  </tbx:langSet>
</tbx:termEntry>

TBX Tag Set Components

Version of October 2019

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