Actually, it appears to depend on whose Authority record you're looking at. The Canadians, Australians, and Israelis have it as a CorporateName (110), as do the French (210 - unimarc); LC and the Germans say it's a Geographic Name.
In the case of LCSH, therefore, it would be a 151. Regardless, it is in VIAF.
Warmly,
Kevin
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From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of LeVan,Ralph [levan_at_OCLC.ORG]
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:34
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data
If you look at the fields those names come from, I think they mean
England as a corporation, not England as a place.
Ralph
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> Owen Stephens
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>
> Still digesting Andrew's response (thanks Andrew), but
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Ya'aqov Ziso <yaaqovz_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > *Currently under id.loc.gov you will not find name authority
records, but
> > you can find them at viaf.org*.
> > *[YZ]* viaf.org does not include geographic names. I just checked
there
> > England.
> >
>
> Is this not the relevant VIAF entry
> http://viaf.org/viaf/14299580<http://viaf.org/viaf/142995804>
>
>
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