ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2015

10 Article Authoring Tag Set, version 1.1 • 10.5 Attributes

10.5.117 @xml:lang Language

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

The value of this attribute must conform to IETF RFC 5646 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5646). For most uses, a primary-language subtag such as fr (French), en (English), de (German), or zh (Chinese) is sufficient. These values are NOT case sensitive, but current best practice uses all lower case. In addition to the primary language subtag, the value of this attribute may contain other subtags as well. Values for the various subtags (which can be used in certain combinations) 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>, <abstract>, <ack>, <addr-line>, <address>, <aff>, <alt-text>, <annotation>, <anonymous>, <app>, <app-group>, <article-title>, <attrib>, <author-comment>, <award-group>, <award-id>, <bio>, <boxed-text>, <caption>, <chapter-title>, <chem-struct>, <chem-struct-wrap>, <city>, <code>, <collab>, <comment>, <conf-acronym>, <conf-date>, <conf-loc>, <conf-name>, <conf-num>, <conf-sponsor>, <conf-theme>, <conference>, <contrib-id>, <copyright-holder>, <copyright-statement>, <country>, <data-title>, <date-in-citation>, <day>, <def>, <def-item>, <def-list>, <degrees>, <disp-formula>, <disp-formula-group>, <disp-quote>, <edition>, <element-citation>, <email>, <era>, <etal>, <ext-link>, <fig>, <fn>, <fn-group>, <fpage>, <funding-group>, <funding-source>, <funding-statement>, <glossary>, <gov>, <graphic>, <inline-formula>, <inline-graphic>, <inline-supplementary-material>, <institution>, <institution-id>, <issue>, <issue-id>, <issue-part>, <issue-title>, <journal-id>, <kwd-group>, <label>, <license>, <list>, <list-item>, <long-desc>, <lpage>, <media>, <mixed-citation>, <month>, <name>, <named-content>, <nlm-citation>, <on-behalf-of>, <open-access>, <p>, <page-range>, <part-title>, <patent>, <person-group>, <postal-code>, <prefix>, <preformat>, <price>, <principal-award-recipient>, <principal-investigator>, <product>, <publisher-loc>, <publisher-name>, <rb>, <ref>, <ref-list>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <role>, <rt>, <season>, <sec>, <self-uri>, <series>, <size>, <source>, <speaker>, <speech>, <state>, <statement>, <std>, <std-organization>, <string-name>, <styled-content>, <subtitle>, <suffix>, <supplement>, <supplementary-material>, <table-wrap>, <target>, <term>, <textual-form>, <trans-source>, <trans-title>, <uri>, <verse-group>, <verse-line>, <version>, <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).