20. Language (R)
20.1. DC Field
dc:language
20.2. Usage
Recommended
20.3. DCMI Definition
A language of the intellectual content of the resource.
20.4. Usage Instruction
A specific resource (an instance of scientific output) is either written in one human language or more. In these cases all used languages are used in the DC element language. If a specific resource (an instance of scientific output) is written in one human language and is translated into other human languages, each translation does have its own record..
Recommended: ISO 639-x, where x can be 1,2 or 3. Best Practice: we use ISO 639-3 and by doing so we follow: http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/
If necessary, repeat this element to indicate multiple languages.
If ISO 639-2 and 639-1 are sufficient for the contents of a repository they can be used alternatively. Since there is a unique mapping this can be done during an aggregation process.
20.5. Do Not Confuse With
Country codes (ISO 3166-1)
20.6. Since
DRIVER Guidelines v2
20.7. Example
1<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
2<dc:language>deu</dc:language>
3<dc:language>nld</dc:language>
4<dc:language>nld/dut</dc:language>
5<dc:language>dut</dc:language>
6<dc:language>nl</dc:language>