ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2012

9 Journal Publishing Tag Set • 9.5 Attributes

9.5.129 @xml:lang Language

The language of the intellectual content of the element for which this is an attribute.

Typical values are described by the IETF RFC 5646, two-letter, lower-case language codes such as fr (French), en (English), de (German), and zh (Chinese). These values are NOT case sensitive, but current best practice uses all lower case. Values can be obtained from the IANA Language Subtag Registry: http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry.

In element <article>, this attribute will be assigned the value en by default.
Value Meaning
An alphanumeric string, which may include hyphens An abbreviation for a natural language (such as en for English or de for German) or for a language and a script (ja-Kana).
In elements <abbrev>, <abbrev-journal-title>, <abstract>, <ack>, <addr-line>, <address>, <aff>, <alt-text>, <alt-title>, <annotation>, <anonymous>, <app>, <app-group>, <array>, <article-title>, <attrib>, <author-comment>, <award-group>, <award-id>, <bio>, <boxed-text>, <caption>, <chapter-title>, <chem-struct>, <chem-struct-wrap>, <collab>, <comment>, <conf-acronym>, <conf-date>, <conf-loc>, <conf-name>, <conf-num>, <conf-sponsor>, <conf-theme>, <conference>, <copyright-holder>, <copyright-statement>, <corresp>, <country>, <custom-meta>, <date-in-citation>, <day>, <def>, <def-item>, <def-list>, <degrees>, <disp-formula>, <disp-formula-group>, <disp-quote>, <edition>, <element-citation>, <email>, <etal>, <ext-link>, <fig>, <fig-group>, <fn>, <fn-group>, <fpage>, <funding-group>, <funding-source>, <funding-statement>, <glossary>, <gov>, <graphic>, <inline-formula>, <inline-graphic>, <inline-supplementary-material>, <institution>, <issue>, <issue-id>, <issue-part>, <issue-sponsor>, <issue-title>, <journal-id>, <journal-subtitle>, <journal-title>, <kwd-group>, <label>, <license>, <list>, <list-item>, <long-desc>, <lpage>, <media>, <milestone-end>, <milestone-start>, <mixed-citation>, <month>, <name>, <named-content>, <nlm-citation>, <note>, <notes>, <on-behalf-of>, <open-access>, <p>, <page-range>, <part-title>, <patent>, <person-group>, <prefix>, <preformat>, <price>, <principal-award-recipient>, <principal-investigator>, <product>, <pub-date>, <publisher-loc>, <publisher-name>, <ref>, <ref-list>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <response>, <role>, <season>, <sec>, <self-uri>, <series>, <series-text>, <series-title>, <sig>, <size>, <source>, <speaker>, <speech>, <statement>, <std>, <string-name>, <styled-content>, <std-organization>, <sub-article>, <subj-group>, <subtitle>, <suffix>, <supplement>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>, <table-wrap-group>, <target>, <term>, <textual-form>, <trans-abstract>, <trans-source>, <trans-subtitle>, <trans-title>, <trans-title-group>, <uri>, <verse-group>, <verse-line>, <volume>, <volume-id>, <volume-series>, <xref>, and <year>, this attribute may be used if the element is used.
Value Meaning
An alphanumeric string, which may include hyphens An abbreviation for a natural language (such as en for English or de for German) or for a language and a script (ja-Kana).