diff --git a/access/src/main/external/static/js/xmleditor/templates/generic.xml b/access/src/main/external/static/js/xmleditor/templates/generic.xml
index 5fb0a43691..5c42e10871 100644
--- a/access/src/main/external/static/js/xmleditor/templates/generic.xml
+++ b/access/src/main/external/static/js/xmleditor/templates/generic.xml
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@
     </mods:role>
   </mods:name>
   <mods:originInfo>
-    <mods:dateIssued/>
+    <mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601" />
   </mods:originInfo>
   <mods:subject>
-    <mods:topic/>
-    <mods:geographic/>
+    <mods:topic authority="" />
+    <mods:geographic authority="" />
   </mods:subject>
   <mods:note></mods:note>
   <mods:language>
-    <mods:languageTerm type="code"/>
+    <mods:languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code"/>
   </mods:language>
   <mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
   <mods:genre/>