Korean language code is non-standard

[ilciclaio]

Dears,
publications containing Korean language version are described with "ol" language code.

I expect instead the standard language code for Korean that is "ko" as described in ISO 639 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_I ... uage_codes)

Is OPS adopting a different language coding?
In case is there an official documentation provided by OPS?

Example:

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{
  "@system": "ops.epo.org",
  "@family-id": "93286070",
  "@country": "KR",
  "@doc-number": "102721060",
  "@kind": "B1",
  "bibliographic-data": {
...
    },
    "invention-title": [
      {
        $: "Solenoid type digital door lock",
        "@lang": "en",
      },
      {
        $: "솔레노이드형 디지털도어락",
        "@lang": "ol",
      },
    ],
  ...
  },
  abstract: {
    "@lang": "ol",
    p: {
      $: "본 ....",
    },
  },
}

thanks
Marco

[gerben]

Marco,

I do not have a manual at hand, but I believe that the language code "ol" stands for "original language".
In my memory the options are "en", "fr", "de" and "ol"

Gerben

[ilciclaio]

Ah ok, that makes sense.
This means we don't have the language code of the original document, I guess.
..It would be useful to compose the payload for online translators: sometimes they can't correctly guess the language.

Thank you Gerben for the answer!

[gerben]

ilciclaio,

In this specific case you could choose the country code as indicator, but I do not know if that would be helpful in all cases wher language is indicated with "ol".

Just out of curiosity, have you checked the language indicator fields for WO publications in Korean, or Arab?
That is a typical situation where the country code cannot be used as substitute. Sometimes the receiving office indicator can be considered as hint, but not if filed in Arab or Korean at the international Bureau "IB".

So I am curious which language code is reported in such examples.