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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
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
TBoxClick 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
TBTClick to add or suggest missing format information MPI-PL Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TCFClick to add or suggest missing format information EKUT 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
TCFClick to add or suggest missing format information CLARIN.SI 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
TCFClick to add or suggest missing format information ZIM 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
TCFClick to add or suggest missing format information BBAW 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
TEI EKUT DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI EKUT Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEI Sprakbanken DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI Sprakbanken Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended with ODD or other schema
TEI CLARIN.SI DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI CLARIN.SI Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEI FIN-CLARIN DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI FIN-CLARIN Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEI CLARIN-DK-UCPH DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI CLARIN-DK-UCPH Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEI IDS Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended with ODD or other schema
TEI ACDH-ARCHE DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI ACDH-ARCHE Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEI ZIM DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI ZIM Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEI LAC Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended
TEI COCOON DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI COCOON Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEI BBAW DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TEI BBAW Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEI SAW Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended
TEI SAW Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. recommended
TEIHeader Sprakbanken MetadataComprehensive structured information including descriptive, structural and administrative metadata. See the for further hints. recommended
TEIHeader IDS MetadataComprehensive structured information including descriptive, structural and administrative metadata. See the for further hints. recommended
TEIHeader SAW MetadataComprehensive structured information including descriptive, structural and administrative metadata. See the for further hints. recommended
TEISpoken HZSK Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended
TEISpoken Sprakbanken Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended See format description.
TEISpoken CLARIN.SI Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended
TEISpoken FIN-CLARIN Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended See format description.
TEISpoken IDS Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended See format description.
TEISpoken ZIM Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended
TEISpoken LAC Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended
TEISpoken SAW Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. recommended
TeXClick to add or suggest missing format information ILC4CLARIN DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TeXClick to add or suggest missing format information UdS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
TeXClick to add or suggest missing format information ZIM DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
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
TIFF 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
TIFF 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
TIFF 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
TIFF ILC4CLARIN 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
TIFF 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
TIFF 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
TIFF CLARIN-DK-UCPH 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
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