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E-MELD 2004

E-MELD 2004. Linguistic Databases and Best Practices In Digital Language Documentation. What is E-MELD?. “Electronic Metastructure for Endangered Languages Data” 5 year collaborative project July 2001 – July 2006 Funded by National Science Foundation. E-MELD Objectives:.

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E-MELD 2004

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  1. E-MELD 2004 Linguistic Databases and Best Practices In Digital Language Documentation Detroit, MI

  2. What is E-MELD? • “Electronic Metastructure for Endangered Languages Data” • 5 year collaborative project • July 2001 – July 2006 • Funded by National Science Foundation E-MELD 2004 Linguistic Databases & Best Practice

  3. E-MELD Objectives: To aid in … • …the preservation of Endangered Languages (EL ) documentation • …the development of infrastructure for digital archives of language information E-MELD 2004 Linguistic Databases & Best Practice

  4. Implementation • The project seeks to develop best practice recommendations by forging community consensus through a series of workshops: • June 2001: The need for standards (pre-project) • August 2002: Digitizing lexical information • July 2003: Digitizing and annotating texts and field recordings • July 2004: Databases and best practices E-MELD 2004 Linguistic Databases & Best Practice

  5. E-MELD Participants: • The LINGUIST List • Eastern Michigan University • Wayne State University • University of Arizona • The Linguistic Data Consortium (University of Pennsylvania > U. of Melbourne) • The Endangered Languages Fund (Yale University, Haskins Laboratories) • Consultant: Gary Simons(SIL) E-MELD 2004 Linguistic Databases & Best Practice

  6. July 2004: Arrangements & School of BP • Naomi Fox, Chair • Ann Sawyer (Notebooks) • Andrea Berez (Food) • Tomoko Okuno & Takako Matsui (Conference Website) • Neil Salmond (Technical Setup) • The LINGUIST Crew • Steve Moran (School of BP) E-MELD 2004 Linguistic Databases & Best Practice

  7. We gratefully acknowledge… • The Working Groups of E-MELD 2001, 2002, and 2003 • E-MELD 2004 participants For the practical recommendations that will help the discipline preserve irreplaceable language documentation E-MELD 2004 Linguistic Databases & Best Practice

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