diff --git a/extracted-files/tags/PLAC b/extracted-files/tags/PLAC index 14bb844..8ae7a22 100644 --- a/extracted-files/tags/PLAC +++ b/extracted-files/tags/PLAC @@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ specification: - | The principal place in which the superstructure's subject occurred, represented as a [List] of jurisdictional entities in a sequence from the lowest to the - highest jurisdiction. As with other lists, the jurisdictions are separated by - commas. Any jurisdiction's name that is missing is still accounted for by an - empty string in the list. + highest jurisdiction, where "jurisdiction" includes units in a political, + ecclesiastical, and geographical hierarchies and may include units as large as + a nation or as specific as a building, farm, or cemetery. As with other lists, + the jurisdictions are separated by commas. Any jurisdiction's name that is + missing is still accounted for by an empty string in the list. The type of each jurisdiction is given in the `PLAC`.`FORM` substructure, if present, or in the `HEAD`.`PLAC`.`FORM` structure. If neither is present, the