[OAI-implementers] Metadata in multiple languages?

[Jewel Ward]

David,

Also check out: <http://www.language-archives.org/tools.html>.

The Open Language Archives Community has created an "OLAC Metadata 
Schema Version 1.0" that might be a useful reference.

Regards,

Jewel

Thomas G. Habing wrote:
> David Heath wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new here so I'll just say a little about myself. I'm researching 
>> the possibility of using OAI-PMH for internal (and maybe later 
>> external) content sharing for http://www.oneworld.net/, which is a 
>> news portal covering evironmental/human rights issues. I'm a freelance 
>> developer who's been working for OneWorld for several years.
>>
>> I have a specific question, which is as follows:
>>
>> I have some resources which have metadata available in multiple 
>> languages. I'd like to know what the recommended way to encode and 
>> transfer this metadata would be, and in particular whether it is 
>> possible with the standard oai_dc encoding. Some possibilities which I 
>> am considering:
>>
>> 1. are the different languages actually different "metadata records" 
>> and therefore should have a different identifier in the OAI header (I 
>> don't think so)?
> 
> 
> I don't think so either.
> 
>>
>> 2. should I include, for example, multiple dc:title elements and add 
>> an xml:lang attribute, e.g.:
>>
>> <dc:title xml:lang="en">The Eiffel Tower</dc:title>
>> <dc:title xml:lang="fr">La Tour Eiffel</dc:title>
>>
>> in this case, is the xml:lang attribute permitted by the XML Schema 
>> for oai_dc?
> 
> 
> The xml:lang attribute is definitely permitted by the schema.
> 
> You might want to check out the OAI Best Practices wiki, 
> http://oai-best.comm.nsdl.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MetadataContent
> I think they also have some guidelines for specifying language.
> 
> Tom
> 
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> David Heath
>>
> 
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