TEI and Git in ParlaMint: Collaborative Development of Language Resources

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F23%3A10475927" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/23:10475927 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp198005" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp198005</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp198005" target="_blank" >10.3384/ecp198005</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

TEI and Git in ParlaMint: Collaborative Development of Language Resources

Original language description

This paper discusses the encoding, validation and development of language resources of the completed ParlaMint I and on-going ParlaMint II CLARIN projects, which centre on the collaborative development of a large set of interoperable corpora of parliamentary proceedings. It focuses on the ParlaMint encoding and the GitHub development platform and the evaluation of their use by project partners. We introduce the use of TEI ODD for the encoding guidelines and validation schemas. We motivate and explain using Git to develop and maintain the encoding schemas, validation and conversion scripts and valid samples of the corpora. Apart from revision control, issues, and publishing documentation, the GitHub platform also supports integrating code execution with pull requests, which significantly automates the data submission process. The paper also presents the results of a survey on the use of TEI and Git in the ParlaMint projects among the project participants. Overall, participants were mostly positive about their experience with TEI and Git, although some difficulties were reported. Some partners also expressed doubts about whether the current scheme is flexible enough to support encoding the unique features of sometimes drastically different parliamentary systems. On the other hand, reactions to Git were very positive in terms of information and feedback received via GitHub Issues, effectiveness in the communication process, and plans to use Git in the future. However, there was less agreement on whether the requirements and workflows were adequately explained. The reported difficulties will serve as a basis for further Git workflow optimisation in ParlaMint.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LM2023062" target="_blank" >LM2023062: Digital Research Infrastructure for Language Technologies, Arts and Humanities</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Selected papers from the CLARIN Annual Conference 2022

ISBN

978-91-8075-254-1

ISSN

1650-3740

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

44-56

Publisher name

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings

Place of publication

Linköping, Sweden

Event location

Prague, Czechia

Event date

Oct 10, 2022

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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