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Label |
DC.Language |
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Definition |
The language of the content of the resource. |
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Purpose |
Allows a search to be restricted to resources in a particular language. For example, 'Locate Irish language documents published by the Department of Education'. The information seeker can also decide whether a document is worth retrieving or not based on the language of the content. |
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Obligation |
Recommended |
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Qualifiers |
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Encoding Scheme |
ISO 639-1 |
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Examples |
<meta name="DC.Language" content="en"> <meta name="DC.Language" content="ga"> |
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Recommendation: Recommended best practice is to use the two-letter language code taken from the ISO 639-1 standard. For example, 'en' for English, 'ga' for Irish. |
The full list of ISO 639-1 2-letter language codes is available at;
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html