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3) Which codes should we use for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. . 2) If we choose to use Microsoft-provided (or Windows-specific) 3-letter language codes and later if we come-up with UNIX-version of the software, then for UNIX platform, we have to modify some of the existing language codes, right. will there be any problems due to conflicts in language-codes. 3) Which codes should we use for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. |
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Go to top of document RELATED MARC 21 DOCUMENTS MARC 21 Format for Authority Data MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data MARC 21 Format for Classification Data MARC 21 Format for Community Information MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data MARC 21 Concise Formats Go to top of document OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS Codes for the Representation of Languages for Information Interchange (ANSI Z39. . The purpose of this list is to allow the designation of the language or languages in MARC records. The list contains 437 discrete codes, of which 54 are used for groups of languages. CHANGES IN 2000 EDITION This list includes all valid codes and code assignments as of February 2000. |
HomeIndexNewsSoftwareBiblioXMLXSLXLLDSSSLHyTime The XML Cover PagesCode for the Representation of the Names of Languages. Code for the representation of the names of languages. The two-character language codes of ISO 639 are relevant to SGML encoding in two respects. First, the SGML standard (ISO 8879) itself specifies that declaration of public text language should be given using the language code(s) from ISO 639; see ISO 8879-1986(E) page 36, section 10. language declaration, specifying the language in which the WSD is written.
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Enter the language of the text in the fixed-field element Lang and do not use field 041. . You may also use field 546 to record language information in textual form. The language of the summaries, abstracts, or accompanying material differs from the language of the main item. The language of a table of contents differs from the language of the main item. |
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