Towards an optimum degree of order in the field of language resources
- This chapter explores the role of standards and best practices in the creation, sharing, and sustainable use of language resources. As linguistic data becomes increasingly complex and varied, ranging from continuous corpora to multimodal annotations, the need for interoperability and long-term accessibility has grown. This chapter shows how encoding practices, metadata, and annotation frameworks contribute to the transparency, reproducibility, and reusability of language data. Emphasis is placed on the importance of consensus-driven standards, such as those developed by ISO (International Organization for Standardization), and the practical implementation of best practices within academic, archival, and computational contexts. By detailing the responsibilities and perspectives of data providers, analysts, and hosts, this chapter offers a comprehensive guide to achieving an optimum degree of order in the language resource ecosystem.
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| Author: | Piotr BańskiORCiDGND, Ulrich HeidORCiDGND, Laura HerzbergORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-134762 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112208212 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-220821-2 |
| ISSN: | 2751-1286 |
| Parent Title (English): | Harmonizing language data: Standards for linguistic resources |
| Series (Serial Number): | Digital Linguistics (4) |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Place of publication: | Berlin/Boston |
| Editor: | Piotr BańskiORCiDGND, Ulrich HeidORCiDGND, Laura HerzbergORCiDGND |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2025 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2025/10/02 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) |
| Publicationstate: | Veröffentlichungsversion |
| Reviewstate: | (Verlags)-Lektorat |
| Tag: | Data interoperability; FAIR principles; Language resources; Research data management; Standards and best practices |
| GND Keyword: | Computerlinguistik; Digital Humanities; FAIR data principles; Sprachdaten |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 16 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Computerlinguistik |
| Program areas: | Grammatik |
| Program areas: | Digitale Sprachwissenschaft |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International |