Summary

Language Information is an Attribute in the Records in Context - Conceptual Model.

Details

The Records in Context - Conceptual Model v. 0.2 (December 2019) defines and describes Language as follows:
Definition
A spoken or written human language represented in the Record Resource or used by the Agent.

Specifications
Information includes the language, the script of the language, and the script transliteration scheme when appropriate.
More than one language may be represented in a Record.
An agent may use one or more languages.
The attribute does not refer to language/script of the description itself.

Extensibility
The attribute may be extended with any number of specific attributes.

Repeatability
Repeatable

Value Schema
Controlled value

Scope Notes
Use in a Record Set description when the attribute is shared by all member Records of a Record Set.
Controlled Code or Term (ISO 639 Codes for the representation of names of languages; ISO 15924 Codes for the representation of names and scripts).

Examples
Languages: Arabic (ara);
Chinese (chi) English (eng);
French (fre);
Spanish (spa);
Scripts: Arabic (Arab);
Han (Hans);
Latin (Latn);
Transliteration scheme: ISO 233-2:1993 Information and documentation - Translation of Arabic characters into Latin characters - Part 2: Arabic language - Simplified transliteration;
ISO 843: 1997 Information and documentation -- Conversion of Greek characters into Latin character

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