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Language

Language

English

Greek

Latin

 

Arabic

 

Armenian

 

Chinese

 

English

default

French

 

German

 

Ancient Greek

 

(or Classical Greek?)

Hebrew

 

Indonesian

 

Italian

 

Japanese

 

Korean

 

Latin

 

Malaysian

 

Portuguese

 

Romanian

 

Russian

 

Spanish

 

Swahili

 

Swedish

 

Tagalog

 

Yoruba

 

unknown

 

Changes made from default CollectionSpace option list:

  • New terms ("Indonesian", "Armenian", "Malaysian", "Romanian", "Swedish", "Tagalog", "Yoruba") have been added.
  • Some terms ("Old English", "Middle English") have been deleted.

The revised XML for this vocabulary is:

<instance id="vocab-languages">
<web-url>languages</web-url>
<title-ref>languages</title-ref>
<title>My first list</title>
<options>
<option id="eng">English</option>
<option id="spn">Spanish</option>
<option>French</option>
<option>Italian</option>
<option>Portuguese</option>
<option>German</option>
<option>Russian</option>
<option>Arabic</option>
<option>Chinese</option>
<option>Hebrew</option>
<option>Japanese</option>
<option>Korean</option>
<option>Swahili</option>
<option>Ancient Greek</option>
<option>Latin</option>
<option>Old English</option>
<option>Middle English</option>
</options>
</instance>

The default CSpace vocabulary is:

<instance id="vocab-languages">
<web-url>languages</web-url>
<title-ref>languages</title-ref>
<title>My first list</title>
<options>
<option id="eng">English</option>
<option id="spn">Spanish</option>
<option>French</option>
<option>Italian</option>
<option>Portuguese</option>
<option>German</option>
<option>Russian</option>
<option>Arabic</option>
<option>Chinese</option>
<option>Hebrew</option>
<option>Japanese</option>
<option>Korean</option>
<option>Swahili</option>
<option>Ancient Greek</option>
<option>Latin</option>
<option>Old English</option>
<option>Middle English</option>
</options>
</instance>

The Spectrum definitions are:

Object name/title language

 

Definition

The language used for the Object name, Other name or Title given to an object.

How to record

Use a single term, using punctuation only where it forms a part of the name and
capitalisation for proper names. Maintain a list of standard terms.

Examples

French; German

Use

Record once only for an Object name, Other name and Title.

Inscription language

 

Definition

The language used in a textual inscription on an object.

How to record

Use a single term, using punctuation only where it forms a part of the name and
capitalisation for proper names. Maintain a list of standard terms.

Examples

French; Japanese

Use

As many times as required for an Inscription content

Label language

 

Definition

The language of the text of a label.

How to record

Use a single term to identify the language used in the text of a label. Do not use
punctuation except where it forms an integral part of the name of a language. Use
initial capitals only for proper names.

Examples

French; English; Fr; En

Use

As many times as required for a label.

Content - language

 

Definition

The language the textual content of an object.

How to record

Use a single term to identify the language used in the inscription. Do not use
punctuation except where it forms an integral part of the name of a language. Use
initial capitals only for proper names.

Examples

French; English; Fr; En

Use

As many times as required for an object.