Language
Abstract
Required Repeatable Multilingual
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, 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. 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.
DAMS input form fields
Language(s)
DAMS form field name | form field type | required | MODS element | Collections Portal display | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Language Name | text field | yes | <language><languageTerm type="text"> | Language (multiple values concatenated by comma, and) | Enter the full (English) language name in the Language Name text field, 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. 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 'not applicable' (the asset does not contain linguistic content), use code 'zxx' (https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/zxx). |
MODS Element description
Element <language>
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/language.html
Guidelines for use
<language> is a container element; the actual language values are recorded in the subelement <languageTerm>.
Attributes
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:
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 | Only applicable when type attribute is "code". 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:
| languageTerm[@authority="iso639-3"] |
authorityURI | Only applicable when type attribute is "code". 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:
| languageTerm[@authorityURI="https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/639/data"] |
lang | Only applicable when type attribute is "text". value:
| languageTerm[@lang="eng"] |
Subelements
No subelements for languageTerm.
XML Examples
<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
Depending on the direction of mapping necessary, check
DC to MODS: https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/dcsimple-mods.html
MODS to DC: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-dcsimple.html
MARC 21
see http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-mapping.html#language. The following specific guidelines apply for the DAMS: MARC 21 field Mapping condition MODS element Notes 041$a MARC subfield 041$2 is empty <languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b" authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2"> Do not use values other than "iso639-2b" for authority. 041$b N/A Do not use the objectPart attribute. 041$d N/A Do not use the objectPart attribute. 041$e N/A Do not use the objectPart attribute. 041$f N/A Do not use the objectPart attribute. 041$g N/A Do not use the objectPart attribute. 041$h N/A Do not use the objectPart attribute. 041$j N/A Do not use the objectPart attribute. 546$b N/A Do not use the subelement scriptTerm.
Solr
In general, all MODS metadata is imported into the DAMS Solr server upon ingest. The ingest process generates Solr fields typically named according to the following schema:
mods_value*_suffix
where
value* can be one or multiple element, subelement or attribute names that allow to distinguish Solr fields
suffix is s, t, ss, ms or mt, which refers to the type of data stored in a Solr field and how it is indexed. The Solr index usually contains multiple copies of each field with the same content, distinguished by their suffix.
The following table shows mappings between MODS elements and Solr fields for those fields that are currently used for display in the Collections portal, or where additional processing happens in Islandora or during the publishing process. Suffixes are ignored, unless relevant for the mapping.
MODS element | Mapping condition | Solr DAMS | Solr Collections Portal | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
languageTerm | mods_language_languageTerm | display_language_ms | Publishing process strips languageTerm[@type="code"] values and validates textual language terms against list of language names. | |
languageTerm | mods_language_languageTerm | mods_language_languageTerm | Not used for display. Contains textual and code values. | |
languageTerm | only values of languageTerm[@type="text"] | mods_languageTerm_type_text | N/A | |
languageTerm | only values of languageTerm[@type="code"] | mods_languageTerm_type_code | N/A | |
languageTerm | only values of languageTerm[@type="text"] | dc.language | N/A |