Language of metadata

Definition: The human language of the metadata record. (FAILTE)
Obligation: Compulsory
Type of element: Restricted vocabulary

Entry guidelines

To begin with, the language of metadata in the FAILTE database will all be English. However, the database might be expanded in the future, or the records might be exported. Therefore an indication of the language of the metadata is important.

For the sake of comprehension, only one language will be used to catalogue each resource in FAILTE records, except in cases where a quotation from the resource is made in another language. In such instances the human language of the metadata will not have been altered.

The language will be expressed in accordance with the ISO 639-2 standard.