A textual element may be related to this element by setting its @xml:lang attribute, which normally takes the form of a code drawn from a coded list, such as ISO639-2b, to the same value as this element’s codedval attribute. The name and web location of the authorizing list may be encoded in the @auth attribute and the @auth.uri attribute, respectively.
The model of this element is based on the language element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and the language element of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
<elementSpec ident="language" module="MEI.header">
<desc xml:lang="en">Description of a language used in the document.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.authorized"/>
<memberOf key="att.bibl"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<p>A textual element may be related to this element by setting its <att>xml:lang</att>
attribute, which normally takes the form of a code drawn from a coded list, such as
ISO639-2b, to the same value as this element’s codedval attribute. The name and web
location
of the authorizing list may be encoded in the <att>auth</att> attribute and the
<att>auth.uri</att> attribute, respectively.</p>
<p>The model of this element is based on the <ref target="https://tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-language.html">language</ref> element of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and the <ref target="https://www.loc.gov/ead/EAD3taglib/EAD3-TL-eng.html#elem-language">language</ref> element of the Encoded
Archival Description (EAD).</p>
</remarks>
</elementSpec>