Record language (mandatory)

Contents

Definition

Indication of the language of the metadata record

Other possible database element names

Language labelling

Language attributes

Language of the entry

Internal language abbreviation

Text/URI

Text (controlled format; two-letter ISO-639-1 language codes preferred)

Repeatable

No

Obligation level

Mandatory

Notes

This data element indicates the language in which the record is available. It is required for compatibility of the Minimum Record Recommendation with the LIDO harvesting format.

If certain free-text structured information, such as the Object title or name or an Object description, is also available in other languages, this is indicated separately for the corresponding individual data elements. The language labelling of individual data elements will usually have priority over the general language labelling of the data record in the processing of individual elements in portals.

In addition to the language of the dataset and the language labelling of individual data field values, the language of the cultural heritage object can be specified. This is mandatory when delivering data to Europeana for cultural heritage objects with the media type "Text", and it is is implemented in the LIDO element <lido:classification> with the type attribute='language' for data deliveries to Europeana via the German Digital Library. In Europeana EDM, the language of the cultural heritage object is indicated in the EDM element <dc:language>.

In LIDO, the language is not indicated by an element, but by the xml:lang attribute. Two-character language codes should be used for language labelling, if available for the language in question. Alternatively, three-character language codes may be used. This follows the recommendations of W3 and Europeana.

Lists

ISO-639-1 (two-letter language codes) preferred. As an alternative, ISO 639-2 / ISO 639-3 (three-letter language codes) can also be used.

Examples

de

en

fr

fa

nr

mas

Expression in LIDO (v1.0 and v1.1)

<lido:descriptiveMetadata xml:lang="de">
<lido:administrativeMetadata xml:lang="de">

<lido:objectIdentificationWrap>
			<lido:titleWrap>
				<lido:titleSet>
					<lido:appellationValue xml:lang="de">Bildnis der Schwester Agathe</lido:appellationValue>
					<lido:appellationValue xml:lang="en">Portrait of the Artist’s Sister Agathe</lido:appellationValue>
					<lido:appellationValue xml:lang="fr">Portrait de sa soeur</lido:appellationValue>
				</lido:titleSet>
			</lido:titleWrap>
</lido:objectIdentificationWrap>

Comparison with relevant standards and database models

Standard	Element name	Text/URI	Repeatable	Obligation level	Comment
German Digital Library: Metadata requirements for data provision	(No match)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
German Digital Library LIDO application profile (DDB-LIDO)	<descriptiveMetadata xml:lang> and <administrativeMetadata xml:lang>	Not applicable: attribute	No	Mandatory	Language labelling is mandatory in LIDO at record level. Therefore, it is also mandatory in the DDB-LIDO application profile.
DFG Basic Data Record	(No match)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
DFG Practical Guidelines on Digitisation: LIDO core metadata	<descriptiveMetadata xml:lang> and <administrativeMetadata xml:lang>	Not applicable: attribute	No	Mandatory (see comment)	Language labelling is mandatory in LIDO at record level. Therefore, it is also mandatory in the LIDO core metadata of the DFG Practical Guidelines on Digitisation.
Europeana Data Model (EDM)	<edm:language>	Text (controlled vocabulary)	No	Mandatory (see comment)	The element is completed by the Europeana Data Ingestion Team at the time of import, based on the language of the data partner. In EDM, it is also strongly recommended to indicate the language of each element. Like LIDO, EDM provides the language attribute xml:lang using the ISO-639-2 standard for this purpose. In EDM it is also mandatory to label the language of the cultural heritage object for text objects (letters, postcards, brochures, etc.). This is done in the <dc:language> element.
EODEM application profile	Record Language /lido:descriptiveMetadata/@xml:lang /lido:administrativeMetadata/@xml:lang	Text (controlled vocabulary)	No	Mandatory
digiCULT	/lido:descriptiveMetadata/@xml:lang /lido:administrativeMetadata/@xml:lang	Not applicable: attribute	No	Mandatory
museum-digital	Language	Text (controlled vocabulary)	No	Mandatory	The language for content and navigation is selected automatically, but can also be controlled using language selectors.

ID data element

mds0019

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