The language of the intellectual content of an article or other type of material.
Recommended best practice is to use values as defined in RFC 1766, typically two-letter language codes such as “FR” (French), “EN” (English), and “DE” (German), including hyphenated differentiators such as “EN-AU” (Australian English) and “EN-US” (US English). These values are NOT case sensitive, so “EN” equals “en”.
Processing and Conversion Note: All other xml:lang attributes within an article inherit the value set on the <article> element unless they are explicitly set with their own xml:lang attributes.
Value | Meaning |
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An alphanumeric string | A two-letter language code (such as “EN”), including any hyphenated differentiators (such as “EN-AU”). The values are not case sensitive. |
Default value: EN |
Value | Meaning |
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An alphanumeric string | A two-letter language code (such as “EN”), including any hyphenated differentiators (such as “EN-AU”). The values are not case sensitive. |
Restriction: This attribute may be specified if the element is used. |