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Languages

Purpose

Permits identifying the language in which an item is written, in accordance with ISO 639 standard.

This is information about the item (principally documents, product labels and packaging), and does not affect any language attributes or capabilities within PDXpert.

Where used

All items

Data fields

Name

This is the complete name for the language.

ISO 639 short code

The two-character ISO code was devised primarily for use in terminology and includes identifiers for most of the major languages of the world. Most technology standards bodies (such as W3.org) use this code.

Terminology (abbreviation)

This should be one of the values specified for ISO three character codes, and is required by PDXpert.

Bibliography code

This is an alternative ISO three character code.

Active: users can select

Default member of collection

Permanent member of collection

For a description of these checkboxes, see the Collections reference > Common properties & attributes help topic.

Setup suggestions

You should identify the potential languages of your organization's international activities and the likelihood of exchanging information in foreign languages, and then make those languages available to your users.

2024

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