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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
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
M2JClick to add or suggest missing format information Sprakbanken Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable
M2JClick to add or suggest missing format information CLARIN.SI Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
M2JClick to add or suggest missing format information CLARIN-DK-UCPH Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
M2JClick to add or suggest missing format information IDS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable
M4AClick to add or suggest missing format information CLARIN.SI Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
M4AClick to add or suggest missing format information ZIM Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. 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
Markdown Sprakbanken DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable
Markdown FIN-CLARIN DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
Markdown DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable See more info from DANS
Markdown 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
Markdown SAW DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
Markdown SAW 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
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
MIFClick to add or suggest missing format information MI GeodataInformation on geographic locations. recommended
MKVClick to add or suggest missing format information ACDH-ARCHE Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
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
MKVClick to add or suggest missing format information COCOON Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP3 Sprakbanken Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. discouraged lossy formats should be avoided if possible
MP3 UdS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP3 CLARIN.SI Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP3 FIN-CLARIN Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. discouraged lossy formats should be avoided if possible
MP3 IDS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. discouraged lossy formats should be avoided if possible
MP3 DANS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable See more info from DANS
MP3 ZIM Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 EKUT Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 MPI-PL Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 Sprakbanken Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable
MP4 CMU Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 CLARIN.SI Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 BAS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 FIN-CLARIN Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable
MP4 CLARIN-DK-UCPH Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 IDS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable
MP4 DANS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable See more info from DANS
MP4 MI Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 ZIM Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MP4 COCOON Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MPEG-1 MPI-PL Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MPEG-1 HZSK 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 MPEG-PS, resolution 352x288, 25 fps, 1000Kbps, constant bit rate, progressive scan type
MPEG-1 Sprakbanken Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable
MPEG-1 ILC4CLARIN Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MPEG-1 CLARIN.SI Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. recommended
MPEG-1 IDS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. acceptable
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