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MODS Element name: <language> Short definition: A designation of the language in which the content of a resource is expressed. Input guidelines: Enter the full (English) language name in the text field, with the first letter of the name capitalized. Indicate the language of the resource by entering the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-3 language codes. |
Definition
A designation of the language in which the content of a resource is expressed.
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DAMS form field name | form field type | required | MODS element | Collections Portal display | notes |
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Language Name | text field | yes | <language><languageTerm type="text"> | Language (multiple values concatenated by comma, and) | Enter the full (English) name of the language or the default: "not applicable", as found in the list The publishing process checks the names of languages against the list of language Reference Names provided by SIL: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/download_tables. |
Language Code | text field | yes | <language><languageTerm type="code"> | N/A | Enter ISO-639-3 language code (3 letters). If the language name is given as 'ot applicable' (the asset does not contain linguistic content), use code 'zxx' (https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/zxx). |
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Currently no attributes for language are implemented in the DAMS.
Subelements
The following subelement of language is used in the DAMS:
- languageTerm
Subelement <language><languageTerm>
Guidelines for use
Designate the languages in which the content of a resource is expressed. Enter the English name of the language or the default: "not applicable".
Attributes
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type | values:
Designate if the element value of languageTerm is textual information or a 3-letter code from the ISO-639-3 list. | languageTerm[@type="text"] languageTerm[@type="code"] | ||||
authority |
value:
| languageTerm[@authority="iso639-3"] | ||||
authorityURI |
values:
| languageTerm[@authorityURI="https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/639/data"] | ||||
lang |
value:
| languageTerm[@lang="eng"] |
Subelements
No subelements for languageTerm.
XML Examples
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<language> <languageTerm type="text" lang="eng">English</languageTerm> <languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b" authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2">eng</languageTerm> </language> |
Mappings
Dublin Core
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