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Hi all, I've just about completed a new XForms-based interface for querying geonames.org to populate the <geogname> element in EAD. An XML representation of a geographical place returned by the geonames APIs includes its name, e.g., Springfield, country name, and several levels administrative names (Sangamon County, Illinois). Is there some sort of official way of textually representing a place? In LCSH, one finds: 1 Springfield (Bucks County, Pa.) 2 Springfield (Bucks County, Pa. : Township) 3 Springfield (Burlington County, N.J.) Why 1 and 2 are distinct terms in LCSH, I don't know. The mode for dealing with American place names seems to be "[name of place] ([administrative name - lower level], [administrative name - upper level])". For a European city, we find "Berlin (Germany)" Are these examples in LCSH the most common way to textually record places, or are there other examples I should look at? Thanks, Ethan