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Technical Definition
Specifies the language of the textual unit, often, but not always, using the ISO language code. This can refer to the language of the newspaper, the article text, or the specific block of text.
Category Notes
This field appears in all databases. Dublin Core language URI: purl.org/dc/terms/language. languageTerm URI (MODS), including xml:lang sub-element: loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/language.html#languageterm. In ALTO, the language should be recorded at the highest level possible.
Individual Collection Notes
B1GI: issue\dcLanguage specifies the language of the issue (given in abbreviated form), issue\metadataInfo\language specifies the language of the newspaper title, issue\metadataInfo\language@ocr specifies the OCR language of the newspaper, and issue\page\article\ocrLanguage specifies the OCR language of the article.
B1GP: The field refers to the language of the alternate title for this newspaper.
B2GL: Specifies the language of the issue (given in abbreviated form)
B2GI: issue\metadataInfo\language specifies the language of the newspaper title, issue\metadataInfo\language@ocr specifies the OCR language of the newspaper, issue\page\article\ocrLanguage specifies the OCR language of the article.
B2GP: The field refers to the language of the alternate title for this newspaper.
CAAL: Declares the language of the textblock. On a practical level, this declaration applies to the contents of the @content attribute on the <STRING> element.
DEMP: Provides a UID for the language.
METS:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods\language\languageTerm refers to the language of the printed version. All instantiations of @xml:lang provide an ISO code for the language.
F1ME: Fields give an ISO code for the language.
HNDM: Language of the country of publication. See collection “catLanguage” to see options. Idioma del país de la Publicación. Ver colección “catIdioma” para conocer las opciones.
PPME: Fields give an ISO code for the language.
TDAG: issue\metadatainfo\language provides the language for the issue, issue\metadatainfo\language@ocr specifies the OCR language for the issue, and issue\page\article\ocrLanguage provides the OCR language for the article.
TRME: Fields give an ISO code for the language.
Instantiations
Language of the Text Block
| CAAL | alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock@language | UID | en |
Language of the Article
| EUME | METS:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap[@LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of article”]\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | de |
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of article”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | en |
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of article”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | en |
| TDAG | issue\page\article\ocrLanguage | STR | English |
Language of the Section
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of section”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | en |
Language of the Page
| F2AL | pageOCRDATA\metadata\language | STR | fin |
| HNDM | $.publication.pagina.idioma | MCH | Español |
Language of the Issue
| B1GL | issue\dcLanguage | STR | eng |
| B1GI | issue\metadataInfo\language | STR | English |
| B1GI | issue\metadataInfo\language@ocr | STR | English |
| B1GI | issue\page\article\ocrLanguage | STR | English |
| B2GL | issue\dcLanguage | STR | eng |
| B2GI | issue\metadataInfo\language | STR | English |
| B2GI | issue\metadataInfo\language@ocr | STR | English |
| B2GI | issue\page\article\ocrLanguage | STR | English |
| DEMP | didl:DIDL\didl:Item\didl:Component\didl:Resource\srw_dc:dcx\dc:language@ xsi:type | STR | dcterms:ISO639-1 |
| EUME | METS:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap[@LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the issue”]\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | de |
| F1ME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the printed version”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | sv |
| F1ME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the printed version”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | sv |
| F1ME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the electronic version”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | sv |
| F1ME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the electronic version”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | sv |
| F1ME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of Issue”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | sv |
| HNME | METS:mets\METS:dmdSec\METS:mdWrap\METS:xmlData\DC:language | STR | SPANISH |
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of Issue”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | en |
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of Issue”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | en |
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the printed version”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | en |
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the printed version”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | en |
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the electronic version”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | en |
| PPME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of the electronic version”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | en |
| SBME | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:language\mods:languageTerm | UID | ger |
| SBMA | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:language\mods:languageTerm | UID | ger |
| TDAG | issue\metadatainfo\language | STR | English |
| TDAG | issue\metadatainfo\language@ocr | STR | English |
Language of the Publication as a Whole
| B1GP | PubInfo\VariantTitles\language | STR | English |
| B2GP | PubInfo\VariantTitles\Language | STR | English |
| DEMP | didl:DIDL\didl:Item\didl:Component\didl:Resource\srw_dc:dcx\dc:language | UID | n1 |
| EUME | METS:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods\language\languageTerm | STR | German |
| EUME | METS:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap[@LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of table”]\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | de |
| F1ME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of Issue”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | sv |
| F1ME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of list”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:titleInfo@xml:lang | UID | sv |
| F1ME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap[LABEL=“Bibliographic meta-data of list”]\xmlData\MODS:mods\MODS:language\MODS:languageTerm | UID | fi |
| HNDM | $.publication.idioma | MCH | Español |
| TRME | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:language\mods:languageTerm | UID | en |