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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
ArcGIS.gdb DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
ArcGIS.mxd DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
ASCII Grid DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
ASCII Grid MI GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
AutoCAD DXF-R12 DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
AutoCAD DXF-R12 MI GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
CSV EKUT Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
CSV CLARIN.SI Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
CSV FIN-CLARIN Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
CSV CLARIN-DK-UCPH Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
CSV ACDH-ARCHE Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
CSV MI Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
CSV ZIM Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
CSV SAW Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
CutClick to add or suggest missing format information MPI-PL Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
DDIClick to add or suggest missing format information MI Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
DGNClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
DWGClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
DXF DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
Erdas.img DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
FLEx HZSK Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
GeoJSON Sprakbanken GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
GeoJSON DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
GeoTIFF Sprakbanken GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
GeoTIFF DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
GeoTIFF MI GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
GML Sprakbanken GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
GML DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
GML MI GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
GML ZIM GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
HDF5 ZIM Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
KML MPI-PL GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
KML Sprakbanken GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable
KML CLARIN.SI GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
KML DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
KML ZIM GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
LispClick to add or suggest missing format information EKUT Language DescriptionStructured or unstructured descriptions of linguistic varieties or phenomena, typological databases etc. recommended
LispClick to add or suggest missing format information CLARIN.SI Language DescriptionStructured or unstructured descriptions of linguistic varieties or phenomena, typological databases etc. recommended
LMF CLARIN.SI Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
LMF FIN-CLARIN Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
LMF BBAW Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
LMF SAW Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
MapInfo.mif DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended See more info from DANS
MapInfo.tab DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
MapInfo.wor DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable See more info from DANS
MIFClick to add or suggest missing format information MI GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
ODSClick to add or suggest missing format information MI Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
PerlClick to add or suggest missing format information EKUT Language DescriptionStructured or unstructured descriptions of linguistic varieties or phenomena, typological databases etc. recommended
PerlClick to add or suggest missing format information CLARIN.SI Language DescriptionStructured or unstructured descriptions of linguistic varieties or phenomena, typological databases etc. recommended
QGIS.qgs Sprakbanken GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable
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