I can't get the MWE from this SE thread to work.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\usepackage{polyglossia} 
\setdefaultlanguage{english}
\usepackage{xeCJK}
\setCJKmainfont{Hiragino Mincho Pro}

\usepackage[style=authoryear,%
            language=auto,%
            autolang=langname,%
          vform=romanised]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{literature.bib}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{literature.bib}
@COLLECTION{yanagida_zengaku_sosho_1975,
  LANGID = {japanese},
  EDITOR = {柳田聖山},
  EDITOR_romanised = {Yanagida, Seizan},
  TITLE = {禪學叢書},
  TITLE_romanised = {Chūbun shuppansha},
  TITLE_translated_english = {Collected Materials for the Study of Zen},
  LOCATION = {京都},
  LOCATION_romanised = {Kyōto},
  LOCATION_translated_english = {Kyoto},
  PUBLISHER = {中文出版社},
  PUBLISHER_romanised = {Chūbun shuppansha},
  DATE = {1974/1977}
}
\end{filecontents}
\begin{document}
Hello World.\footcite{yanagida_zengaku_sosho_1975}
\nocite{*}

\printbibliography
\end{document}
}

The vform=romanised isn't recognised

Package xkeyval Error: `vform' undefined in families `blx@opt@pre'.

Is this still be the preferred option to include multi-lingual data in a biblatex file? It seems that romanised is a specific use case, whereas transliteration would be more fitting. Sanskrit texts for example where transcribed into Chinese, without being "romanised." Are there limits on the number of transcriptions and translation one can include?

Are there any restrictions for the contents of the LANGID field? Most catalogues that include language information seem to have these in ISO form. Does each item require one primary language, or would a bilingual edition have two LANGIDs, how do these interact with babel/polyglossia?

Multiscript support in biblatex/biber #416

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