language¶
iati-activities/iati-activity/document-link/language
This is the reference page for the XML element language.
Definition¶
The ISO 639-1 language code in which target document is written, e.g. “en”. Can be repeated to describe multi-lingual documents.
Rules¶
This element may occur any number of times.
Attributes¶
- @code
ISO 639-1 language code
This attribute is required.
This value must be of type xsd:string.
This value must be on the Language codelist.
Example Usage¶
Example usage of language of a document-link in an iati-activity.
The @language attribute declares a valid code (en) from the Language codelist.
Note: This specifies the language of the document being linked to.
<document-link format="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" url="http:www.example.org/docs/report_en.odt">
<title>
<narrative>Project Report 2013</narrative>
<narrative xml:lang="fr">Rapport de projet 2013</narrative>
</title>
<description>
<narrative> Description of the content of the project report or guidance on where to access the relevant information in this report </narrative>
</description>
<category code="A01" />
<language code="en" />
<document-date iso-date="2014-02-05" />
</document-link>
In some cases, a document-link may be in multiple languages. This is expressed by repeating the language element.
<document-link format="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" url="http:www.example.org/docs/report.odt">
<title>
<narrative>Project Report 2013</narrative>
<narrative xml:lang="fr">Rapport de projet 2013</narrative>
</title>
<category code="A01" />
<language code="en" />
<language code="fr" />
</document-link>
Changelog¶
2.01¶
Freetext is no longer allowed within this element.
In 2.01 this element usage rules were changed, to allow it to be repeated.
1.02¶
Addition of a @language element as a child of the document-link element: document-link/language/text() (0..1) - The ISO 639 code for the language of the document