[GeoNetwork-users] question for german editors (deu or ger) ?

Francois-Xavier_Prun · November 13, 2008, 8:23am

Hi all,
one question on metadata/dataset language. Iso19115 define domain for
language : "ISO 639-2, other parts may be used"

But looking at IsoLanguages table in GeoNetwork, we have : "ger" for
German

I was expecting "deu", so having a look to iso 3 letter code list[1]
* 639-2 T for german is : deu
* 639-2 B for german is : ger

After further reading[2], T is for "terminological" code and B for
"bibliographic" code.

"In general the T codes are favored, e.g. ISO 639-3 uses ISO 639-2/T."

Which language code are you using ? should we update GeoNetwork language
list to the T code ?

Thanks for your recommandations.

Francois