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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 Language Name text field, with as found in the list of language Reference Names provided by SIL: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/download_tables. Capitalize the first letter of the name capitalized. Indicate . If the asset does not contain linguistic content, enter "not applicable" (no capitalization). In the Language Code field, indicate the language of the resource by entering the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-3 language codes. If the language name is given as 'not applicable' (the asset does not contain linguistic content), use code 'zxx'. |
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 thethe full (English) language name of the languagein the Language Name text field, 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. , capitalizeCapitalize the first letter of the name. If the asset does not contain linguistic content, enter "not applicable" (no capitalization). |
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 not 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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