Linking annotations, steps towards tool-chaining in Language Documentation
Dorothee Beermann, Pavel Mihaylov, Han Sloetjes · 2012
The strong point of a virtual research environment (VRE) is that it facilitates a collaborative approach to data management and creation. Ideally, such a VRE allows its users to combine best-for-the-task tools in a simple but efficient manner. This paper presents work in progress which aims to improve combined system use in Language Documentation. Exploiting the strength of the multimedia annotation tool ELAN and the online multi-lingual database TypeCraft, we describe how the annotation of audio, video and text resources can be enhanced by presenting technology which supports shared annotations and collaborative editing online. We examine data mobility problems by presenting a use-case, and discuss how a workflow typical for data processing in Language Documentation can be improved substantially through minor but user-oriented development.