Tromsø recommendations for citation of research data in linguistics

Andreassen, Helene N.; Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L.; Collister, Lauren; Conzett, Philipp; Cox, Christopher; Smedt, Koenraad De; McDonnell, Bradley

doi:10.15497/rda00040

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“…The task of contextualisation is the biggest challenge in the face of unclear, lacking or faulty metadata. The current practice in documentary linguistics, but also in other data-driven sciences, is to assign clear identifiers to agents, activities and entities (Andreassen et al , 2019; Thessen et al , 2019). Yet, with changes in traditions, pieces of information that were considered relevant in the past might not be of import today, whereas metadata or descriptive accounts deemed sufficient by previous generations of linguists and archivists fall short of our present-day expectations.…”

Section: Challenges Of Legacy Materialsmentioning

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“…Yet, in line with the preceding discussion, a mechanical focus can remove humans from the equation, researchers and consultants alike and obscures the processes of creating the artefact (Dobrin et al , 2009; Weber, 2021b). Responsible science should, however, keep the human influence visible (Bird, 2020; Nathan and Austin, 2004), including even seemingly minor contributions that can help to revisit and reconstruct the original settings (Andreassen et al , 2019; Babinski et al , 2022). This responsibility arises from the recognition of contributions to research, as well as the acknowledgement of harm caused by researchers in the past.…”

Section: Vision For Legacy Materials In Digital Language Archivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conceptualising language archives through legacy materials

Weber

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of linguistic legacy materials within archives and databases. These data of past documentation projects are currently playing a minor role in the design of modern language archives. This is due to various challenges that legacy materials pose – ethical considerations, difficulties with formats, unclear or deficient metadata. Tackling these challenges can highlight general issues in language documentation and the use of language data. These insights can be used to inform the design of tools and infrastructures for data in this field, both recent and legacy materials. Design/methodology/approach This paper is conceptual and theorises digital language archives through their oldest deposits. It is informed by the author’s experiences in working with linguistic legacy materials of the South Estonian Kraasna dialect. The discussion makes references to relevant discourses in linguistics, archiving and computer science, encouraging transdisciplinary efforts in the design of language archives. Findings A digital archive created around linguistic legacy materials has the potential to respond to challenges posed by current data. Originality/value This paper discusses digital language archives from the perspective of documentary linguistics. It introduces the challenges and necessary steps in curating legacy materials. Several suggestions for the design of digital archives arise from this discussion. These ideas can inspire creators of digital language archives and provide a view from researchers using legacy materials.

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Conceptualising language archives through legacy materials

Weber

2022

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“…As the most common depositors to language archives are linguists, who are not necessarily members of the language community or culture in question, the metadata provided may lack context that is relevant to potential language community users. One manifestation of the effort to increase accessibility is the development of the Tromsø recommendations for citation of research data in linguistics (Andreassen et al, 2019). In addition to establishing citation practices for published materials, Andreassen et al (2019) Digital language archive provided templates for citing archival materials which include all individuals who contribute to generating language material, such as the following example: Gawne et al (2021) noted that researchers are often listed as the creators of items, but language community members (speakers of the language) are not included in the metadata.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“…One manifestation of the effort to increase accessibility is the development of the Tromsø recommendations for citation of research data in linguistics (Andreassen et al, 2019). In addition to establishing citation practices for published materials, Andreassen et al (2019) Digital language archive provided templates for citing archival materials which include all individuals who contribute to generating language material, such as the following example: Gawne et al (2021) noted that researchers are often listed as the creators of items, but language community members (speakers of the language) are not included in the metadata. As these citation practices become more common, metadata creators may provide more complete information about all individuals involved in generating language materials (depending on privacy concerns).…”

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Using existing metadata standards and tools for a digital language archive: a balancing act

Burke

Tarver

Phillips

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Purpose Building a digital language archive requires a number of steps to ensure collecting, describing, preserving and providing access to language data in effective and efficient ways. The purpose of this paper is to describe how the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) group has partnered with the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library to build a series of interconnected digital collections that leverage existing UNT technical and metadata infrastructure to provide access to data from and for various language communities. Design/methodology/approach This paper introduces the reader to the background of this project and discusses some of the areas important for representing language materials where both University of North Texas Libraries (UNTL) metadata and CoRSAL metadata practices were adapted to better fit the needs of intended audiences. Findings We discuss a workflow for standardized language representation (the Language field), defining roles for persons related to the item (Creator and Contributor fields) and including subject representation for language materials (Subjects and Keywords fields). Practical implications Although further work is needed to improve language data representation in the CoRSAL digital language archive, the model adopted by the team and lessons learned could benefit others in the language archiving community. Originality/value This paper is a significantly extended version of the presentation made at the 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives in 2021.

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Data transparency and citation in the journal Gesture

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Data is central to scholarly research, but the nature and location of data used is often under-reported in research publications. Greater transparency and citation of data have positive effects for the culture of research. This article presents the results of a survey of data citation in six years of articles published in the journal Gesture (12.1–17.2). Gesture researchers draw on a broad range of data types, but the source and location of data are often not disclosed in publications. There is also still a strong research focus on only a small range of the world’s languages and their linguistic diversity. Published papers rarely cite back to the primary data, unless it is already published. We discuss both the implications of these findings and the ways that scholars in the field of gesture studies can build a positive culture around open data.

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Tromsø recommendations for citation of research data in linguistics

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Conceptualising language archives through legacy materials

Conceptualising language archives through legacy materials

Using existing metadata standards and tools for a digital language archive: a balancing act

Data transparency and citation in the journal Gesture

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