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3.6 Language

The Language (M41) element describes the language of the record. This element is equivalent to the AGLS Language element.

The Language (M41) element is deprecated. This is because a record may consist of multiple documents, each of which may be in a different language. For this reason the use of the Document Language (M120) subelement is preferred.

The Language (M41) element must contain values that conform to ISO 639. A list of the two and three-letter codes from this standard can be found in http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html (visited 17 January 2003). The two letter code should be used in preference to the three-letter code.

An example of a Language element, describing a document in English, is:

<naa:Language>en</naa:Language>

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