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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
PDF 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
PDF MI 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. acceptable
PDF MI 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
PDF ZIM 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. acceptable
PDF 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. acceptable
PDF SAW Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. discouraged
PDF SAW DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable consider using PDFA instead
PDF 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
PDF/A 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
PDF/A 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
PDF/A 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
PDF/A FIN-CLARIN DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
PDF/A IDS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
PDF/A IDS 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
PDF/A DANS DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended See more info from DANS
PDF/A 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. acceptable 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
PDF/A 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
PDF/A MI 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
PDF/A ZIM 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
PDF/A 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
PDF/A LAC Contextual DataImages (photos or drawings) or documents relevant to the communicative event or text but not part of the source language data. recommended
PDF/A SAW DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
PDF/A-1 Sprakbanken DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
PDF/A-1 ACDH-ARCHE DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
PDF/A-2 Sprakbanken DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
PDF/A-2 ORTOLANG DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable
PDF/A-2 ORTOLANG 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
PDF/A-2 ACDH-ARCHE DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
PDF/A-3 Sprakbanken DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable
PDF/A-3 ORTOLANG DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable
PDF/A-3 ORTOLANG 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
PDF/A-3 ACDH-ARCHE DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. acceptable
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
PhonDat1 BAS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. discouraged
PhonDat2 BAS Audiovisual Source Language DataAudio or video recordings providing spoken/multimodal or signed language data for research purposes. discouraged
plainText 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
plainText MPI-PL 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
plainText Sprakbanken Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. discouraged
plainText Sprakbanken DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended
plainText Sprakbanken Text AnnotationAnnotations of textual sources/written text, with the original text included or as stand-off. discouraged
plainText Sprakbanken 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 without markup
plainText CLST 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
plainText ILC4CLARIN 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
plainText ORTOLANG 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
plainText UdS 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
plainText 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
plainText FIN-CLARIN Audiovisual AnnotationAnnotations of audiovisual sources, usually including a basic rendering of the spoken content (transcription) and sometimes further annotation. discouraged
plainText FIN-CLARIN 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 UTF-8 encoded
plainText FIN-CLARIN DocumentationUnstructured documentation of the resource and its parts such as corpus or annotation guidelines. recommended e.g. as README.txt
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