A location represents the physical place where an event is held. An example could be the campuses of a university or the venue of a training course.
The minmum information required for a valid <location />
element is a unique identifier, a name and the name of the city where the location is placed.
<location uniqueIdentifier="emg-hq" name="EMG HQ">
<place>Stockholm</place>
</location>
The Location
type supports additional information.
To specify whether or not your venue offers accommodation, use the hasAccomodation
attribute.
<location uniqueIdentifier="venetian" name="The Venetian" hasAccommodation="true">
<place>Las Vegas</place>
</location>
To specify whether or not your venue offers the possibility to consume a meal, use the isFoodProvided
attribute.
<location uniqueIdentifier="venetian" name="The Venetian" isFoodProvided="true">
<place>Las Vegas</place>
</location>
To specify the visiting address of this location, use the visitingAddress
element, of type Address
.
The only required information is the street address and the country.
<visitingAddress street="Karlavägen 104" country="Sweden" />
Additionally, you can use the co
, city
, and zip
attributes to enrich your address.
<visitingAddress street="Karlavägen 104" country="Sweden" zip="115 26" city="Stockholm" />
To specify the post address of this location, use the mailAddress
element, of type Address
.
Please check the Visiting Address section.
To specify the coordinates of the location, use the coordinates
element of type Coordinates
.
It supports two attributes, both required, latitude
and longitude
.
Please make sure you specify the coordinates in decimal degrees.
You can add a textual description of your location by using the description
element.
You can also add information about the residential panorama of the location by using the residentialInformation
element.
You can specify telephone and fax number in the contacts
element.