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Language
LANGUAGE |
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Label |
Language |
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Sub-Element |
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UNTL Definition |
The language(s) of the intellectual content of the resource. |
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Comment |
This will be the language(s) in which a text is written or the spoken language(s) of an audio or video. Visual images normally do not have a language unless there is significant text in a caption or in the image itself. Because of the global nature of the Internet, use of this field is recommended. Preferred usage is to utilize a standard schema for language names as defined by ISO639-2 (three letter language codes), followed optionally by a two-letter country code (taken from the ISO 3166 standard). |
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Required |
Mandatory |
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Repeatable |
Yes |
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Data Type |
Enumerated Type |
Input guidelines:
- Select the correct language name/code combination from the language drop box in the metadata entry form.
- If the desired language is not listed, select "other." Notify the Portal Administrator of the language that needs to be added.
- For visual images that do not have a textual caption or text shown in the image, choose "no language" from the dropdown list.
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A resource may include multiple
languages. Repeat the element if the resource is in more than one
language.
- If a complex note is required to accurately describe the nature of the languages, then also add this information in the Note element.
- To simplify description and data entry, the Portal does not currently support the addition of a country code to the language code.
Examples:
For
a
map in French.
Language: fre - French
For a book in English
Language: eng - English
For a photograph of a busy street in
Berlin showing marquees and shop windows with German names.
Language: ger - German
For an image of an adding machine with a
clearly visible label saying "Made in America."
Language: eng - English
For a photograph with no accompanying
caption and no text visible in the picture.
Language: nol - No Language
For
an audio recording of testimony in Czech and German.
Language: cze - Czech
Language: ger - German
For
a video in Hebrew with English subtitles.
Language: heb - Hebrew
Language: eng - English
Note: Performed in Hebrew with English subtitles.
For
an article in Amharic with English translations in parallel columns.
Language: oth - Other
Language: eng - English
Note: In Amharic with English translations in parallel
columns
For
proceedings with English abstracts and some papers in English and some
in Spanish.
Language: eng - English
Language: spa - Spanish
Note: Papers presented in
Spanish or English with abstracts in
English