{ identifier: 'abbr', 
  label: 'name',
  items: [
	{ abbr:'ec', name:'Ecuador',           capital:'Quito' },
	{ abbr:'eg', name:'Egypt',             capital:'Cairo' },
	{ abbr:'sv', name:'El Salvador',       capital:'San Salvador' },
	{ abbr:'gq', name:'Equatorial Guinea', capital:'Malabo' },
	{ abbr:'er',
	  name:'Eritrea',
	  capital:'Asmara',
	  independence:{_type:'Date', _value:"1993-05-24T00:00:00Z"} // May 24, 1993 in ISO-8601 standard  
          },
	{ abbr:'ee',
	  name:'Estonia',
	  capital:'Tallinn',
	  independence:{_type:'Date', _value:"1991-08-20T00:00:00Z"} // August 20, 1991 in ISO-8601 standard
	  },
	{ abbr:'et',
	  name:'Ethiopia',
	  capital:'Addis Ababa' }
]}