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Visual & Material Culture Cataloguing
  • Introduction
  • Cataloguing History
  • METADATA FRAMEWORK
    • Metadata Elements
      • Identification Number
      • Number of Objects
      • Object Type
      • Creator
        • Relator Term List
      • Title/Brief Description
      • Inscription / Marks
      • Date of Creation
      • Place of Creation
      • Dimensions
      • Technique and Materials
        • Technique List
        • Material List
      • Colour
      • Edition
      • State
      • Language
      • Subjects
      • Wellcome Legacy Subject Classification
      • Provenance
      • Detailed Visual Description
      • Citation
      • Sources of Information
      • Exhibition Information
      • Related Material
      • Condition
      • Copyright
      • Location
      • Catalogued Date
    • Metadata Crosswalk
  • CATALOGUING AIDS
    • Library: MARC / Sierra
    • Archives: ISAD(G) /CALM
    • Format Examples
      • Drawing
      • Painting
      • Photograph
      • Print
      • 3D Object
      • Album / Group
    • Content Considerations
    • Identification
      • Identifying paintings
      • Identifying prints
      • Identifying photographs
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  1. METADATA FRAMEWORK
  2. Metadata Elements

Language

Required, if known and extant: 2D objects, 3D objects, Born Digital

Definition

This element records the languages of the text included on an object or group of objects.

Content

Record as many different languages as included in the text/s. If the object includes English as one of multiple languages, add English to the record. If the text is all in English, language is assumed and isn't required.

Portuguese

Hindi

Russian

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