lcr_metalanguage.md

metalanguage

Usage

Recommended

Type

open controlled vocabulary

Controlled vocabulary reference and/or values

ms:language (only languageId according to the IETF BCP47 guidelines):

Definition/Explanations

The language(s) used to describe the contents of the resource (the "metalanguage") according to IETF BCP47 guidelines (only languageId).

Recommended usage

Please, enter the language that best fits the language used to describe the resource according to the IETF BCP47 guidelines (only languageId); not to be confused with "language" which is used for the language of the contents of the resource.
For instance, a lexicon of English with definitions in English and French must be encoded with "language" "English" and 2 "metalanguage" values for "English" and "French".
The element can be repeated for multiple languages.