Template:InheritDClanguage

dc:language
 

Scheme description / Schemenbeschreibung

Position of dc:language in the XML-Tree / Position von dc:language im XML-Baum

• Parent: FIXME
• Children: None

Multiplicity / Anzahl

[1..1]

Semantics / Bedeutung

Dublin Core definition

"A language of the resource."

Dublin Core description

"Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646."

railML^® semantics

This may be used for identifying the default language of all name and description attributes in the children elements of FIXME.

If some element within the FIXME element uses a separate xml:lang attribute its local re-definition overwrites the default language setting from this high-level element.

Attributes of dc:language / Attribute von dc:language

• xml:lang (introduced with version 2.1): This is a unique identifier of language. It uses basically the language standard IETF BCP 47 (external link) which may be different to ISO 639-1 (external link) or ISO 639-2 (external link). For mapping hints see relation to other standards (external link).
  The usage of xml:lang does not make any sense in the context of an language identifier.

Syntactic Constraints / Syntaktische Beschränkungen

• xml:lang: xs:language, language identification, optional

The Element FIXME may occur once.
The controlled vocabulary for the element FIXME is the same as for the xml:lang attributes: IETF BCP 47. Just in case a language is being scripted in different ways, add the script identifier. (see ISO 15924 for the four-letter alphanumeric code)

Best practice & Examples / Empfohlene Anwendung & Beispiele

  <dc:language>de-CH</dc:language>

  <dc:language>de-DE</dc:language>

  <dc:language>el-Grek</dc:language>

  <dc:language>el-Latn</dc:language>

Notes / Anmerkungen

None.

Open issues / Offene Punkte/Pendenzen

Not yet described. / Noch nicht beschrieben.