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>
</remarks>
<remarks xml:lang="en">
<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>