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Format Recommendations

This page presents formats of data depositions that various CLARIN centres are ready to accept. Each format, for each centre, can be "recommended", "acceptable" or "discouraged" in the context of several domains that represent the functions that the deposited data can play. The level of recommendation should always be viewed as relative to the profile of the given centre.

  • "recommended" should be interpreted as meaning that the centre in question will in most cases be able to process the data without much manipulation and that it is likely that the data will be preserved long-term in that format (the specifics are up to that centre);
  • "acceptable" should be interpreted as meaning that the centre may need to spend some time and resources on the up-conversion of the data, and that the data may be preserved in one of the recommended formats instead;
  • "discouraged" should be understood as indicating that the centre may find it problematic to up-convert the data.

Use the dropboxes to select the particular domain, centre, and/or level of recommendation. Columns can be sorted, and your results can be downloaded as XML.

The exported XML files for a specified centre can be used to extend or modify the recommendations for that centre, by an authorised person. In order to aid in the process, please consult the separate lists of all available file formats and of the functional groupings of formats (functional domains).

As of mid-2022, not every centre with depositing services has submitted the information to the SIS; in some cases, the information had to be unreliably mapped from lists provided on centre homepages onto the feature matrix offered by the SIS (created on the basis of the SIS functional domains and levels of recommendation). If you think you see an error, please kindly help us get it right.

Format Centre Domain Recommendation
BWFClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
FLAC DANS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
MKVClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
MXFClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
OPUSClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
XML DANS Catalogue MetadataBasic structured information for discoverability and general description, to be openly provided for harvesting. recommended See more info from DANS
XML DANS Contextual InformationStructured information on the communicative event or text and its creators (i.e. participants or authors) relevant for analysis. recommended See more info from DANS
HTML DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended See more info from DANS
ODTClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended See more info from DANS
PDF/A DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended See more info from DANS
plainText DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended Encoded as UTF-8/16/32, see more info from DANS
XML DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended See more info from DANS
ASCII Grid DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
AutoCAD DXF-R12 DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
GeoJSON DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
GeoTIFF DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
GML DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
MapInfo.mif DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
XML DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
XML DANS Image AnnotationAnnotations of image sources. recommended See more info from DANS
DICOM DANS Image Source Language DataDigitized images of analogue sources of written language data for research purposes (e.g. facsimiles, scans of handwriting, photos of inscriptions). recommended See more info from DANS
JP2 DANS Image Source Language DataDigitized images of analogue sources of written language data for research purposes (e.g. facsimiles, scans of handwriting, photos of inscriptions). recommended See more info from DANS
JPEG DANS Image Source Language DataDigitized images of analogue sources of written language data for research purposes (e.g. facsimiles, scans of handwriting, photos of inscriptions). recommended See more info from DANS
PNG DANS Image Source Language DataDigitized images of analogue sources of written language data for research purposes (e.g. facsimiles, scans of handwriting, photos of inscriptions). recommended See more info from DANS
SVG DANS Image Source Language DataDigitized images of analogue sources of written language data for research purposes (e.g. facsimiles, scans of handwriting, photos of inscriptions). recommended See more info from DANS
TIFF DANS Image Source Language DataDigitized images of analogue sources of written language data for research purposes (e.g. facsimiles, scans of handwriting, photos of inscriptions). recommended See more info from DANS
XML DANS Language DescriptionStructured or unstructured descriptions of linguistic varieties or phenomena, typological databases etc. recommended See more info from DANS
XML DANS Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended See more info from DANS
XML DANS MetadataComprehensive structured information including descriptive, structural and administrative metadata. See the for further hints. recommended See more info from DANS
CSV DANS OtherAny other function that cannot be included in an existing domain. The content of this domain will be periodically examined for potential patterns that may give rise to new domains. recommended See more info from DANS
ODSClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS OtherAny other function that cannot be included in an existing domain. The content of this domain will be periodically examined for potential patterns that may give rise to new domains. recommended See more info from DANS
SIARDClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS OtherAny other function that cannot be included in an existing domain. The content of this domain will be periodically examined for potential patterns that may give rise to new domains. recommended See more info from DANS
SQLClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS OtherAny other function that cannot be included in an existing domain. The content of this domain will be periodically examined for potential patterns that may give rise to new domains. recommended See more info from DANS
SVG DANS OtherAny other function that cannot be included in an existing domain. The content of this domain will be periodically examined for potential patterns that may give rise to new domains. recommended See more info from DANS
RClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended See more info from DANS
SPSS.data+setup DANS Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended For general info, see the DANS page for statistical data. SPSS is recommended as "data and setup" (.dat/.sps) format as the most sustainable option.
STATA.data+setup DANS Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended For general info, see the DANS page for statistical data. STATA is recommended as "data and setup" (.dat/.DO) format as the most sustainable option.
XML DANS Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended See more info from DANS
HTML DANS Textual Source Language DataWritten unstructured/plain text or originally structured text (e.g. HTML) without linguistic or other mark-up added for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
ODTClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Textual Source Language DataWritten unstructured/plain text or originally structured text (e.g. HTML) without linguistic or other mark-up added for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
PDF/A DANS Textual Source Language DataWritten unstructured/plain text or originally structured text (e.g. HTML) without linguistic or other mark-up added for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
plainText DANS Textual Source Language DataWritten unstructured/plain text or originally structured text (e.g. HTML) without linguistic or other mark-up added for research purposes. recommended Encoded as UTF-8/16/32, see more info from DANS
XML DANS Textual Source Language DataWritten unstructured/plain text or originally structured text (e.g. HTML) without linguistic or other mark-up added for research purposes. recommended See more info from DANS
CSSClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Tool SupportTool-related formats required for specific functionality of the tool or reliable reuse of resources (e.g. tagsets, annotation schemes, vocabularies, language models, parameter files, and other specifications or settings) recommended See more info from DANS
JS DANS Tool SupportTool-related formats required for specific functionality of the tool or reliable reuse of resources (e.g. tagsets, annotation schemes, vocabularies, language models, parameter files, and other specifications or settings) recommended See more info from DANS
MATLABClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Tool SupportTool-related formats required for specific functionality of the tool or reliable reuse of resources (e.g. tagsets, annotation schemes, vocabularies, language models, parameter files, and other specifications or settings) recommended See more info from DANS
NetCDFClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Tool SupportTool-related formats required for specific functionality of the tool or reliable reuse of resources (e.g. tagsets, annotation schemes, vocabularies, language models, parameter files, and other specifications or settings) recommended See more info from DANS
TextFabricClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Tool SupportTool-related formats required for specific functionality of the tool or reliable reuse of resources (e.g. tagsets, annotation schemes, vocabularies, language models, parameter files, and other specifications or settings) recommended See more info from DANS
XML DANS Tool SupportTool-related formats required for specific functionality of the tool or reliable reuse of resources (e.g. tagsets, annotation schemes, vocabularies, language models, parameter files, and other specifications or settings) recommended See more info from DANS
XSLTClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Tool SupportTool-related formats required for specific functionality of the tool or reliable reuse of resources (e.g. tagsets, annotation schemes, vocabularies, language models, parameter files, and other specifications or settings) recommended See more info from DANS
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