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See http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/iso639-2a.html ~HTH DaveP > >The Application Guidelines (pp. 47-48) recommend using the >"3-letter code" >from ISO 639-2 for the LANGMATERIAL attribute to the tag <archdesc> to >indicate the language of the collection materials. > >1) If you have multiple languages in a collection, do you indicate the >*primary* language only? I assume there is no way to represent >more than one >language here. > >2) Where does one find this list of 3-letter codes?? I've >checked all the >usual resources and find ISO 639 easily, which has 2-letter codes for >languages. The Guidelines don't have any further information >on this that I >can find. > >Thanks for any help! > > ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >Katherine A. Hayes, Assistant Archivist >Niels Bohr Library, American Institute of Physics >One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 >(301) 209-3179 [log in to unmask] >http://www.aip.org/history/ ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< >