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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
RClick to add or suggest missing format information CLARIN.SI Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
RClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended See more info from DANS
RClick to add or suggest missing format information ZIM Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
RARClick to add or suggest missing format information EKUT 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
RAW CLARIN.SI Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
RAW BAS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable
RDFXMLClick to add or suggest missing format information ILC4CLARIN Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
RDFXMLClick to add or suggest missing format information CLARIN.SI Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
RDFXMLClick to add or suggest missing format information MI Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
RDFXMLClick to add or suggest missing format information ZIM Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
RDFXMLClick to add or suggest missing format information SAW Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
RTFClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable See more info from DANS
RTFClick 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. acceptable See more info from DANS
SAM BAS Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended
SAS.sas MI Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
SAS.sd2 DANS Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. acceptable See more info from DANS
SAS.sd2 MI Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. acceptable
SGMLClick to add or suggest missing format information DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable See more info from DANS
SGMLClick 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. acceptable See more info from DANS
Shapefile Sprakbanken GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable
Shapefile DANS GeodataInformation on geographic locations. acceptable 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
SIARDClick 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
SPSS EKUT Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
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.
SPSS.data+setup MI Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
SPSS.por DANS Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. acceptable For general info, see the DANS page for statistical data. The Portable version of the SPSS format is not recommended.
SPSS.por MI Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
SPSS.sav EKUT Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
SPSS.sav DANS Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. acceptable For general info, see the DANS page for statistical data. The .sav version of the SPSS format is not recommended.
SPSS.spv EKUT Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
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
SQLClick 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
SQLiteClick to add or suggest missing format information EKUT Lexical ResourceStructured (item-based) resources for lexical and/or conceptual information on units of language (e.g. wordlists, lexicons, WordNets etc.) recommended
SQLiteClick 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
STATA MI Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. recommended
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.
STATA.dta DANS Statistical DataData from surveys and tests in numeric formats. acceptable For general info, see the DANS page for statistical data. The native format of STATA is not recommended.
SVG EKUT 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
SVG MPI-PL 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
SVG Sprakbanken 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
SVG UdS 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
SVG CLARIN.SI 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
SVG FIN-CLARIN 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
SVG ACDH-ARCHE 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
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
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
SVG MI 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
TAR EKUT 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
TAR CLARIN.SI 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
TAR FIN-CLARIN 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) acceptable
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