Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The amount of available digital data for the languages of the world is constantly increasing. Unfortunately, most of the digital data are provided in a large variety of formats and therefore not amenable for comparison and re-use. The Cross-Linguistic Data Formats initiative proposes new standards for two basic types of data in historical and typological language comparison (word lists, structural datasets) and a framework to incorporate more data types (e.g. parallel texts, and dictionaries). The new specification for cross-linguistic data formats comes along with a software package for validation and manipulation, a basic ontology which links to more general frameworks, and usage examples of best practices.</jats:p>

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  • Scientific Data

    Scientific Data 5 (1), 1-, 2018-10-16

    Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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