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Rethinking language documentation & support for the 21st century

Rethinking language documentation & support for the 21st century. David Nathan Endangered Languages Archive SOAS University of London. rethinking …. archiving preservation update what we hold access management archive model interface & navigation participation functions

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Rethinking language documentation & support for the 21st century

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  1. Rethinking language documentation & support for the 21st century David NathanEndangered Languages ArchiveSOAS University of London

  2. rethinking … • archiving • preservation update • what we hold • access management • archive model • interface & navigation • participation • functions • documentation media • spatial information & sense co-ordination

  3. preservation update • preparation, preservation, publication

  4. preservation update - text • plain text in Unicode (UTF8) • XML, XHTML • files produced by linguistic software (e.g. .eaffiles produced by ELAN) • PDF/A, ODT • MS Word

  5. preservation update - audio • wav • ogg, XX • MP3 • AAC, XX

  6. preservation update - images • TIFF • PNG, BMP • JPEG (JPG), GIF • PSD, other formats

  7. preservation update - video • MPEG4/H264/AVCHD, JPEG2000 • AVI, MOV • manufacturers’ formats

  8. rethinking what archives hold • metadocumentation • images – with captions, metadata • academic papers • reference & teaching materials, e.g. • learners’ primers • cellphone apps • may have widely sourced and well-organised data – valuable to archive! • links & relationships

  9. rethinking archive access management • documentation can be sensitive • needs a powerful but flexible access management • transparency – ease of understanding • use positively – social networking model • access through relationships • relationships & sharing produce new opportunities

  10. Application: from depositor’s friend, re methods User xx has just applied for access to restricted material in the deposit johnston2012auslan. The following message was attached to the application: "Hello [depositor], xx here. I'm interested in having a look at some of your video deposit, including annotation files. I am working on a project documenting Central Australian Indigenous sign with yy (see http://iltyemiltyem.tumblr.com/). If ok, I'd like to see how you do the annotation - we have worked out a template and annotation protocol, but this needs a lot of refinement. Regards, MC"

  11. Response: further info and offer to meet This email is to inform you that user xx's application for access to restricted material in the deposit kunbarlang-389 has just been approved. The depositor included the following note to the user: "Hi xx I've approved your access to this collection, but you should know that there is an update in the material I've just deposited, with much more information on both music and texts. I'd be happy to give you access to that when it is processed. Next time I come to London (October or November this year) I'd be happy to meet up if you would like to discuss."

  12. Application: establish credentials and make request User xx has just applied for access to restricted material in the deposit cappadocian-375. The following message was attached to the application: "Dear [depositor], I work as a research assistant in Nevsehir University in Cappadocia, Turkey. As you know, Cappadocian language has some relics in this region despite speakers of Cappadocian do not live anymore. In my university, there are few research on this subject with collaboration of Greek friends and local societies … I would like to access to your material … By the way, i would like to interview with you about Cappadocian language for our international journal of art and language. I hope you will have time for our journal . Thank you in advance."

  13. Response: approval with details and guide This email is to inform you that user xx's application for access to restricted material in the deposit johnston2012auslan has just been approved. The depositor included the following note to the user: "I am giving you user access which means you should be able to see the ELAN eaf annotation files for the topics "The boy who cried wolf" and for "The hare and the tortoise. You should also be able to see most other movies except those tagged "1a" "4a" and "5". If you cannot see the ELAN eaf annotations I hope the problem will be fixed soon. I told the ELAR team about this."

  14. rethinking the archive model • progressive archiving • challenge to whole approach of documentary linguistics

  15. “classical” archiving collect resources/data archive them

  16. rethinking the archive interface • driven by providers and users, not technology • contextualisation • degrees of presentation • navigation

  17. rethinking archive participation • users • e.g. add bookmarks, negotiate access • depositors • e.g. updating and editing content • negotiate access • monitoring usage • collaborations • exchange & share information • establish groups • community curation

  18. rethinking archive functions • publishing & convergence • forums for collaboration • exhibition space, “guest” curators

  19. rethinking documentation media • media capture should be more scientific • audio recording to capture acoustic events more fully and accurately • video with audio: better co-ordination of modalities/senses

  20. Anthony Jukes

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