ISO 639-1:2002, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code

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It is the first part of the ISO 639 series of international standards for language codes. Part 1 covers the registration of two-letter codes. There are 184 two-letter codes registered as of October 2015. The registered codes cover the world's major languages.

Form

Core information

URL(s):

http://www.iso.org/iso/es/home/standards/language_codes.htm

http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php

Publisher(s) / Maintainer(s):

International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Austrian Standards Institute

Domain(s):

Language domain

Type of standard:

Code list, Data specification, Name authority list

Describes / models / annotates:

[General / cross-cutting], Resource-specific metadata

Additional information

Acronym:

ISO 639-1:2002

Alternative name:

ISO 639-1

Contact email:

infopoint@infoterm.org

Publication year:

2002

Status:

Broadly recognized in its scope

Technical information

Format of the data standard:

HTML

Relations

Aligned / mapped to (link to vocabulary in the map):

Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages

VEST / AgroPortal integration

Original source:

VEST Registry

Assessment

An overview of criteria used for the assessment can be found here.

Total score:

2.25

assessment tabs

Fitness / adoption

Complete:

Yes, complete, consistent and granular

Authoritative:

Yes

Largely compatible:

Yes

Known:

Yes, very well

Used in software:

Yes, in many tools that are very popular

Used in datasets:

Yes, in many by many providers

Discoverable:

Yes

Regulatory:

Yes

Endorsed:

Yes, very strongly

Long-term, sustainable:

Yes, highly

Participatory, collaborative:

Maintained:

Yes

Scores

Avg fitness:

3.33

Avg adoption:

3.11

Usability / openness

Available on the web:

Not clear - N/A

Versatile:

Served by APIs:

Not clear - N/A

Manageable:

Documented:

Yes

Supported:

Yes

Testable:

Yes

Machine-readable:

Meaningful:

Not clear - N/A

Annotated:

Not clear - N/A

Referenceable:

Not clear - N/A

Linked:

Not clear - N/A

Clearly licensed:

Yes

Openly licensed:

Scores

Avg usability:

1.57

Avg openness:

1.00

URI: https://vest.agrisemantics.org/node/19941

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