Broeder, D.

Drude, S.

Trilsbeek, P.

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The Language Archive – Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Nijmegen, The Netherlands Sustainable Solutions for Endangered Languages Data: The Language Archive Sebastian Drude, Daan Broeder, Paul Trilsbeek Charting Vanishing Voices:  A Collaborative Workshop to Map Endangered Oral Cultures  World Oral Literature Project  2012 Workshop CRASSH, Cambridge Topics • Introduction • Sustainable data from linguistic fieldwork • The Language Archive (TLA) @ MPI-PL • Language Archiving Technology (LAT) • Open access, legal & ethical issues • Summing up: key challenges for sustainable data Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 2 Topics • Introduction • Sustainable data from linguistic fieldwork • The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL • Language Archiving Technology (LAT) • Open access, legal & ethical issues • Summing up: key challenges for sustainable data Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 3 Introduction: TLA • Work of the Technical Group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen • Now a new unit @ MPI: “The Language Archive” • First as institutional solution for digital data (experiments, CHILDES, ESF-SL, fieldwork) • From 2000 on: Central archive and technical centre of the DOBES programme (documentation of endangered languages) • Integration with other centers and  European data and research infrastructures Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 4 Introduction: DOBES • Initiative by the VolkswagenStiftung  together with German linguists • DGFS summer school 1993, first DOBES call 1999 • Independent research teams,  steering committee, advisory boards • The heart is one central technical project  and archive at the MPI Nijmegen, now “TLA” • Total of ca. 65 individual projects  (28Mio €) on about 90 target languages • Programme will end around 2016 (>15 years) Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 5 Introduction: DOBES DOBES main features: • Focus on data (linguistic analysis, revitalization  and other activities welcome but additional) • Language documentation in cultural context • Interdisciplinary (e.g., Anthropology, Music-ethnology, Archaeology...) • Partnership with community, training • Emphasis on legal and ethical questions • Common methodology and workflow • Dissemination of language documentation  (training courses, workshops, book) Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 6 Topics • Introduction • Sustainable data from linguistic fieldwork • The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL • Language Archiving Technology (LAT) • Open access, legal & ethical issues • Summing up: key challenges for sustainable data Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 7 Sustainable data  from linguistic fieldwork Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 8 Sustainable data  from linguistic fieldwork Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 13 Videorecording Audiorecording Annotation PrimArY  datA SeCOndArY  datA Transcription: Orthographical / Phonolog. ... Word-by-word / Idiomatic Translation ...   (Morpheme-Glosses... ) (linguistic / ethnograph. comment... ) . . . Metadata (describe the event and  the respective Data) S E S S I O N Sustainable data  from linguistic fieldwork Challenge of sustainability: • Physical level: limited lifetime of carriers  constant copying and replacement of carriers • Logical level:  limited lifetime of formats  adherence to standards (Unicode, XML, open formats), constant updating of encodings • Careful with transformations (lossy encodings, artefacts being introduced...), provenance info Physical archives: “don’t touch!” Digital archives: “touch frequently” Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 15 Topics • Introduction • Sustainable data from linguistic fieldwork • The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL • Language Archiving Technology (LAT) • Open access, legal & ethical issues • Summing up: key challenges for sustainable data Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 16 The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL • Currently: 80TB data in well-structured sessions • PIDs (DOI / Handles) for all resources (versions), checksum... , implementing policy rules • Data on ca. 200 languages, & CHILDES, Dutch... • DOBES: 25TB on ca. 60 languages • All data is online accessible (with access rights) • Software and infrastructure development  depends on project funding • Establishing “The Language Archive” aims at  a long-term perspective for a sustainable archive Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 17 The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 18 DOBES field sites The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 19 “Regional” LAT archives The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 20 Growing number  of archives using LAT  Six automatic full copies at three locations  in Germany Institutional guarantee  for bitstream-preser-vation by the MPG  for 50 years The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL • Primary data: uncompressed PCM audio, MPEG video, in future jMPEG2000 (lossless compressed) • Secondary data: Elan Annotation Format (XML-based, Unicode), “standard format” (Toolbox), and other open formats, also PDF • Metadata: IMDI standard (in future: CMDI) • Based on an integrated set of tools for archive administration and access, the “Language Archiving Technology” (LAT) suite of tools • Regional archives based on LAT are being set up Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 21 The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL Collaboration in larger projects (applying LAT): • Leading role in different EU projects working  on developing e-science infrastructure for the humanities (digital humanities / “eHumanities”) • CLARIN (Common Language and Technology Research Infrastructure): Lang. Res. & Techn. • DASISH (Data Service Infrastructure for  the Social Sciences and Humanities) • European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) • Cooperation outside Europe (DELAMAN, RELISH) Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 22 Topics • Introduction • Sustainable data from linguistic fieldwork • The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL • Language Archiving Technology (LAT) • Open access, legal & ethical issues • Summing up: key challenges for sustainable data Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 23 Language Archiving Technology (LAT) tool state LAMUS  mature AMS mature IMDI oldish ARBIL mature  CMDI in progress ELAN mature ANNEX mature IMEX mature TROVA mature LEXUS redesign VICOS redesign ISOcat mature Bridge started ADDIT taken out Language Archiving Technology (LAT) Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 26 Language Archiving Technology (LAT) Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 27 Language Archiving Technology (LAT) Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 28 Language Archiving Technology (LAT) Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 29 Topics • Introduction • Sustainable data from linguistic fieldwork • The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL • Language Archiving Technology (LAT) • Open access, legal & ethical issues • Summing up: key challenges for sustainable data Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 30 Open access, legal & ethical issues • Open access to research results and data (Berlin declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge) • Accountability: EL data are irreproducible • But: respect for privacy of human subjects • Informed consent and anonymisation? • Legal situation is complicated for all online-resources (national vs. international law etc.) • DOBES: legal and ethical considerations are important (code of conduct, agreements, LAB) • Trust between all parties is of key importance Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 31 Open access, legal & ethical issues Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 32 Topics • Introduction • Sustainable data from linguistic fieldwork • The Language Archive (TLA) @MPI-PL • Language Archiving Technology (LAT) • Open access, legal & ethical issues • Summing up: key challenges for sustainable data Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 33 Summing up: sustainable data • Longevity:  (1) bit-stream  copies, migration,  (2) interpretability  standards, format update • Access:  (1) identify & locate  metadata, search tools,  (2) retrieve & visualize content  access tools, download • Public access: trust, Code of Conduct,  responsibility, access management • Provide data to the people we record: support  for dedicated portals & enriched publications Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 34 Summing up: sustainable data • Maximum advantage of the access to data:  A language archive is just one component  in a digital research environment, interoperability • Embed our analyses in accessible data: planned authoring environment for scholarly work • Standards-conformant formats: good and useful tools will attract users (ARBIL, ELAN, in future with semi-automatic interlinearization function, possibly integrated with LEXUS, LMF, ISOcat) • Support for most stages in the lifecycle  of language documentation data Drude, Broeder, Trilsbeek The Language Archive CRASSH, 2012/06, No. 35 The Language Archive – Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Nijmegen, The Netherlands Sustainable Solutions for Endangered Languages Data: The Language Archive Sebastian Drude, Daan Broeder, Paul Trilsbeek Charting Vanishing Voices:  A Collaborative Workshop to Map Endangered Oral Cultures  World Oral Literature Project  2012 Workshop CRASSH, Cambridge 

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