<institution>

Mandatory attributes:

1. @content-type

Appears in	Frequency
<aff>	One or more times

This element identifies the author’s institutional affiliation which can be divided into up to three levels as defined by the mandatory attribute @content-type whose possible values are:

Value	Description
orgname	Represents the first (highest) level of a multi-tier institution mentioned in the affiliation.
orgdiv1	Represents the first subdivision of the institution mentioned.
orgdiv2	Represents the second subdivision of the institution mentioned.
original	Identifies the complete affiliation as it appears in the text of the document.

Note

• Divisions below the third hierarchique level must be identified in the element <institution content-type="original">.

Example:

...
<article-meta>
  ...z
  <aff id="aff1">
    <institution content-type="orgname">German Primate Center GmbH</institution>
    <institution content-type="orgdiv1">Neurobiology Laboratory</institution>
    <city>Göttingen</city>
    <country>Germany</country>
    <uri content-type="entity">organisation-1</uri>
  </aff>
  ...
</article-meta>
...

Example of content-type='original':

...
<article-meta>
  ...
  <aff id="aff1">
    ...
    <institution content-type="original">
      Técnica de Cardiopneumologia. Unidade de Fisiopatologia Respiratória, Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
    </institution>
  </aff>
  ...
</article-meta>
...