[open-linguistics] Linked Open Data and Endangered Languages

Mon Oct 12 15:03:22 UTC 2015

Hi there,
first I would start by putting up some data. What is the license of
this data. Can you host it on linked in.
Then for linked open data, is there a vocabulary that you can use?
http://lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov/
what are examples of your data. I think that xml files are fine to
start with, lets see what you have.
mike

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Ritesh <riteshkrjnu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear members,
>
> I have been trying to read about and learn how to convert language data
> ,
> that is either in XML format or in plain text format
> ,
> into Linked Open Data. What I have understood is that it needs to be
> represented in RDF format and made accessible over the web (and also link it
> to other similar resources, if possible). However, there has been too much
> of information, too many frameworks to deal with and I must admit I am
> pretty lost.
>
> What I am some of my colleagues are trying to do is very simple - we have a
> large amount of audio (and also video) recordings, with inter-linear
> glossing of quite a few critically endangered languages of India. When these
> data were collected (and that means even today), they were collected as part
> of a documentation project to preserve as much as possible of these dying
> languages (and may be use the language data to revitalise the languages).
> Most of the data is in XML format which is created by two of the most used
> softwares in field linguistics and language documentation - SIL FieldWorks
> and ELAN Video Annotation Tool. So the data is structured but not Linked
> Open Data. We are trying to export and publish this data as Linked Open
> Data.
>
> Now the problem is - none of us really understands RDF or Linked Open Data
> that well. Theoretically we understand that RDF maintains the semantics of
> any document, thereby, making interoperability possible but that is pretty
> much all we know. We are still not able to figure out how exactly could this
> be done. Any pointers towards what exactly is Linked Open Data and how could
> we convert data into Linked Open Data would be very helpful. Of course,
> there are a large number of resources available on the web but they are a
> bit too much - most of the times we end up more confused than ever. So we
> would appreciate something which gives an overview of this and may be also
> some indications / guidelines as to how we could approach this.
>
> In addition to this we were also wondering if somebody in this group would
> be interested in delivering a 'revelation' talk or may be, giving some kind
> of tutorial / workshop / training on how exactly this could be done. We are
> organising a conference on Language Technologies for Endangered Languages
> from 25 - 27 February, 2016 in Agra
> , India
>
> (Conference Website)
> and we would like it to be done there so that maximum number of people could
> be benefited. Please let me know and we could talk about this on the
> personal email (without spamming the inbox of the subscribers to this list).
>
> Thanks & Best regards,
>
> --
> Ritesh Kumar, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Linguistics
> Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University
> Agra, India
>
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