On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 1:54 PM, MicheleR <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So <langmaterial><language> is listed as a DACS minimum requirement (section
> 4.5) and the RLG EAD Best Practices Guide lists it as "Mandatory."
>
> What does one do for this information element if the collection consists
> entirely of, say, photographs without captions or any written material?
> Does one match it to the language of the overall finding aid, up in
> <langusage>
>
Such collections should have their specified as "No linguistic
content." If you're using the langcode attribute to include ISO 639-2
language codes, it should be specified as "zxx".
Mark A. Matienzo
Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives
Yale University Library
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