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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 nameform field typerequiredMODS elementCollections Portal displaynotes
Language Nametext fieldyes<language><languageTerm type="text">

Language

(multiple values concatenated by comma, and)

Enter

the

the full (English) language name

of the language

in 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.

, capitalize

Capitalize the first letter of the name.

If the asset does not contain linguistic content, enter "not applicable" (no capitalization).

Language Codetext fieldyes<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

Element Parts

Details

XPath syntax examples

type

values:

  • text
  • code

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
Info

Only applicable when type attribute is "code".

Info

ISO 639-3 is the preferred authority for language names and codes. Especially if metadata is transformed from MARC, specifying ISO 639-2b as authority is acceptable as well.


value:

  • iso639-3
  • iso639-2b
languageTerm[@authority="iso639-3"]
authorityURI
Info

Only applicable when type attribute is "code".

Info

ISO 639-3 is the preferred authority for language names and codes. Especially if metadata is transformed from MARC, specifying ISO 639-2b as authority is acceptable as well.

values:

  • https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/639/data
  • http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2
languageTerm[@authorityURI="https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/639/data"]
lang
Info

Only applicable when type attribute is "text".

value:

  • eng
languageTerm[@lang="eng"]

Subelements

No subelements for languageTerm.

XML Examples

Code Block
languagexml
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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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