Competent National Authority - Field Reference

The fields of the Competent National Authority record type as documented for the Biosafety Clearing-House. In API calls the record type is selected with the schema value authority.

Title	Field	Mandatory	Type	Example
	header		Header	{ "identifier": "068C83BA-995F-08C3-50CE-AD43545B3EB5", "schema": "authority", "languages": ["en"] }
Country	government	True	Term	{"identifier":"af"}
Name of the Competent National Authority	name	True	lstring	{"en":"your name"}
Website address(es)	websites		Link[]	[{"url":"https://www.google.com","name":"Google","language":"en"}]
Address	address		lstring	{"en":"650 Franklin Blvd"}
City	city	True	lstring	{"en":"Cambridge"}
State or Province	state		lstring	{"en":"Ontario"}
Postal Code or Zip	postalCode		lstring	{"en":"N3h0E2"}
Country of Contact	country	True	Term	{"identifier":"ca"}
Phone number(s)	phones	True	string[]	["5487899632"]
Fax number(s)	faxes		string[]	["5487899632"]
Email(s)	emails	True	string[]	["email@cbd.int"]
Contact person	contacts		Reference[]	[{"identifier":"SIMP-A1D0D0A8-65B1-B8D5-FF9F-B7B6B95CDDEB@1"}]
Additional Information	relevantInformation		lstring	{"en":"<div><!--block-->asdfasdf</div>"}
Any other relevant documents	relevantDocuments		Link[]	[{"url":"https://www.google.com","name":"Google","language":"en"}]
Is this the only designated competent national authority (CNA) in your country? If “no”, please describe the responsibilities of this competent national authority (CNA).	responsibleForAll	True	Boolean
Short description of CNA responsibilities (maximum 300 characters).	responsibilities	True	lstring	{"en":"<div><!--block-->asdfasdf</div>"}
If needed, provide additional information on the legal, administrative or policy basis for the competence of the CNA.	policyBasisForCompetency		lstring	{"en":"<div><!--block-->asdfasdf</div>"}
Provide a link to any relevant legal, administrative or policy measures.	policyBasisForCompetencyRef		Reference[]	[{"identifier":"A3722021-0CC0-B195-75BE-954F133FF78B@1"}]
	absResponsibleForAll		Boolean
	absPolicyBasisForCompetency		lstring
	absPolicyBasisForCompetencyRef		Reference[]
Area of jurisdiction for granting access to genetic resources	absJurisdiction	True	Term[]	[{"identifier":"7437F880-7B12-4F26-AA91-CED37250DD0A"}]
Name of the jurisdiction(s)	absJurisdictionName		lstring
Keywords to describe scope of CNA responsibilities	absGeneticResourceTypes		Term[]	[{"identifier":"357DBB22-6A6C-4C49-BA1F-037320B09247"}]
	absGeneticResourceAreas		Term[]
Administrative functions	functions		Term[]
Types of organism(s) under its responsibility	cpbOrganismTypes		Term[]
	libraries		Term[]