And what means asterisk (*) in a metadata language field? I noticed that this character is added automatically by CC License in my case. Is it the same as an empty field?
Peter W dniu wtorek, 24 lipca 2018 14:16:32 UTC+1 użytkownik Mark H. Wood napisał: > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 4:04:17 AM UTC-4, [email protected] > <javascript:> wrote: >> >> Hello. Can you tell me please what a purpose of language metadata >> attributes in authors? Example: Ivanov A. I. (left field) - ru (language >> metadata field) Harrison W. (left field) - en (language metadata field) and >> etc. Thank you. >> > > > Every metadata field has a language attribute, because all fields are > stored in a common record format. It may make sense to set the language > for an abstract, for example, since one might provide the abstract in > multiple languages. On the other hand, there may be no clear reason to > record the date of archival in multiple languages since they will all be > stored the same way. It is arguable that names do not logically have a > language -- that one's name is one's name, regardless of language context. > It is quite reasonable to record no language in some fields. > > I would say: if you have a good reason to label a value with a language, > then do; if not, then feel free to omit the label. The purpose of metadata > is to describe a work clearly and thoroughly, without clutter or confusion. > -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the DuraSpace Code of Conduct: https://duraspace.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-tech. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
