Note on mapping to GILS elements: Elements in this group belong under the GILS Availability element
(except Access Constraints and Use Constraints. If the information resource is available in multiple
forms or from multiple locations (ie. different URLs or distributors), this should generally be represented
by including multiple Availability elements in the record.

Distributor (Mandatory, Repeatable)

This element identifies the organisation from which the information resource is available. It is required only when
distributor information is available and is different from that supplied in the Author/Originator element.

The content of the element can be plain text or structured into the following sub-elements:

Name
Organisation
Street address
City
State or province
Zip or postal code
Country
Network address
Telephone
Fax

NOTE: Contact information for records describing persons or organisations should be given in this element rather
than in the Author/Originator element.

**GILS ELEMENT: Distributor. This element may be left unstructured, or it may be structured into any of
the sub-elements weIIKnown; name; organisation; street-address; city; state-or-province; zip-or-postal-
code; country; network-address; telephone; fax.
**DUBLIN CORE ELEIVlENT: Publisher

Distribution medium (Optional, Repeatable)

Used to indicate the format(s) in which the information xesource is available, for example CD-ROM, paper, on-
line, etc.

**GILS ELEMENT: Medium
**DUBLIN CORE ELEMENT: Format ?

URL (Mandatory, if applicable, Repeatable)

The URL should be provided if the information resource is available via the Internet. If the record is describing a
person or organisation, the URL of the relevant personal or organizational homepage should be given here.

**GILS ELEMENT: Available linkage (structured element in GILS)

Access constraints (Optional)

This element describes any constraints; legal or otherwise to accessing the information resource.

**GILS ELEMENT: Access constraints' '

Use constrains (Optional)

This element describes any constraints, legal or otherwise to using the information resource.

**GILS ELEMENT: Use constraints
**DUBLIN CORE ELEMENTS: Rights