<country>

Appears in	Frequency
<aff>	Zero or once
<corresp>	Zero or once

Identifies the country in an address. It is not a mandatory element in affiliation.

The attribute @country is not mandatory, but when used it must be completed using the two letter uppercase country codes from the ISO 3166 Standard.

Example:

...
<aff id="aff01">
  ...
  <country country="CA">Canada</country>
   ...
</aff>
...