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On this page you will find a description of the main fields available in the Language Level (LL) of an entry:
- Language
- Anchor language
- Definition
- Language-Level note & reference(s)
- Collections
- Attachments & note
- Owner
LANGUAGE
Languages are identified by a two-letter language code:
bg Bulgarian
cs Czech
da Danish
de German
el Greek
en English
es Spanish
et Estonian
fi Finnish
fr French
ga Irish
hr Croatian
hu Hungarian
it Italian
la Latin *
lt Lithuanian
lv Latvian
mt Maltese
mul Multilingual **
nl Dutch
pl Polish
pt Portuguese
ro Romanian
sk Slovak
sl Slovenian
sv Swedish
* Latin is used mostly for taxonomy (scientific names of plants and animals), but also for legal expressions and other purposes.
**Codes or signs that are language-independent (e.g. ISO codes, chemical formulae, certain acronyms and abbreviations, etc.) are stored as ‘MUL’ (multilingual), instead of being repeated for each language.
ANCHOR LANGUAGE
The anchor language identifies the concept to which the entire entry relates. The definitions in the other languages may be worded differently but define the same concept.
If a concept is country-specific, the anchor language is usually (one of) the language(s) of the country concerned (which is usually indicated in the origins field). For animals and plants, the anchor language is usually Latin. In other cases, English is the most common anchor language, followed by French.
The reliability value of a term in another language indicates how reliably the term denotes the concept as defined in the anchor language.
DEFINITION & REFERENCE(S)
We endeavour to include a clear and concise definition on every entry, so that you can readily understand exactly what the entry refers to.
The definition is equally valid for all the terms included under it, and should also correspond to the definition given in the anchor language – which serves as the anchor for the entry as a whole. This follows from the key principle in IATE that each entry corresponds to a single concept, which applies ‘horizontally’ across all languages and ‘vertically’ for all the terms in each language.
The definition reference tells you where the definition has come from.
LANGUAGE LEVEL NOTE & REFERENCE(S)
The LL note contains relevant information that relates to the concept (e.g. an explanation that cannot be part of the definition), rather than to a specific term.
The LL note reference indicates the source of the information.
COLLECTIONS
Some language levels are grouped in ‘collections’ relating to a specific subject area or to a project. Read more about ‘collections‘.
 Public collections are visible to external users, whereas confidential ones are not. |
ATTACHMENTS & NOTE
Relevant documents or graphics can be attached to an entry or LL.
A description of the attached file can be provided in the attachment note field.
OWNER
This field indicates the institution of the user that created this level, which is responsible for the validation of the content within it.