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How to read the following list of proposed data categories?

The proposed data categories have been selected at the Athens expert meeting and also should allow upwards compatibility with the existing metadata sets defined by IMDI, DC and OLAC. The field "structure" and "substructure" are nothing else than ways to structure the elements for readability reasons. They do not define components. The descriptions are short annotations we made at the Athens meeting, but they will not be the definitions. When you click on the element name you can get detailed information about "definitions", "vocabularies", "constraints", etc. The purpose is to refine all aspects of this information so that we can get a stable set within short time and which can be entered into the ISOcat registry.

No search means that a human user probably will not search on this datcat (and thus that no high granularity is needed). Delete indicates that a datcat qualifies for removal (because it is superfluous, etc)

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Title Main structure Definition Media Annotations Texts Lexica Lists Tools Not for search Delete? Comment count
Availability access A description of the terms of availability of the resource in simple words. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 2
ContactFullName access The name of the person that can be contacted to get access to the resource or to the tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 2
FaxNumber access The Fax number of a person or an organization that is involved in creating, managing or providing access to resources or tools/services. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
LegalStatus access Describes the legal status of the organization that is involved in creating, managing or providing access to a resource or a tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 3
License access A description of the licensing conditions under which the resource can be used. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 3
Medium access The medium that is used to access the resource or the tool. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 3
Organization access The organization that was leading the creation project or that is responsible for accessing the resource and the contact person is affiliated with. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Price access The costs that are required to access the resource, a fragment of the resource or to use the tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
TelNumber access The telephone number of a person or an organization that is involved in creating, managing or accessing the resource. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
AnnotationLevelType content Specifies the types of annotation levels (tiers) provided by the resource. No Yes No No No No Yes No 4
Channel content Indicates the channel of the communication Yes No No No No Yes 3
DeliveryFormat content Specifies the format used for the delivery of the resource. No No Yes Yes Yes No No No 2
Dialect content Names of the dialects that occur in the resource. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No 2
Domain content Indicates the application domain of the resource or the tool/service. No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
DominantLanguage content Specifies the most frequently used language in a resource. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
EventStructure content Indicates the structure of the communication event. Yes Yes Yes No No No No No 4
Genre content The conventionalized discourse or text types of the content of the resource, based on extra-linguistic and internal linguistic criteria. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 1
GeographicCoverage content The goegraphic scope that the content of a resources is from or about. No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Interactivity content Characterizes the degree of interactivity between all the participants in the resource. Yes Yes No No No No Yes No 1
Involvement content Indicates in how far the researcher was involved in the linguistic event. Yes Yes No No No No Yes No 1
LanguageID content Identifier of the language as defined by ISO 639 that is included in the resource or supported by the tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
LanguageIn content An identifier of the language in which the description of the resource is written. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
LanguageName content A human understandable name of the language that is used in the resource or supported by the tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 4
LanguageScript content Indication of the writing system used to represent the language in form of a four letter code as it is defined in ISO-15924. No Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
LexicalUnit content Indicate the type(s) of headword(s) used in the Lexicon. No No No Yes No Yes 4
LexiconType content A description of the type of the lexicon. No No No Yes No Yes 2
MainLevelInformation content Indicate the type of lexical attributes that can be found in the lexicon (orthography, pronounciation, morphology etc). No No No Yes No Yes 1
MetaLanguage content Name of the language that is used as a metalanguage in the resource. No No No Yes No No No No 1
Modalities content A listing of all modalities that are contained in the recording such that they can be subject of analysis or that are supported by the tool/service. Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes 10
NoLanguages content An indication of the number of languages that are included in the resource. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
PlanningType content Indicates in how far the consultant planned the linguistic event. Yes Yes No No No No Yes No 1
Register content Indicates the variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting. Yes No No No No No Yes Yes 3
SocialContext content Indicates the social context the event took place in. Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No 1
SourceLanguage content Indicates if a language is a source language. (boolean) Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
StructuralUnits content Indication of the structural units that are marked up in the resource. Yes No Yes No Yes No No No
Subgenre content The conventionalized discourse or text sub-types of the content of the resource, based on extra-linguistic and internal linguistic criteria. Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes 1
SubLevelInformation content Indicate the sub-level information that is contained in the lexicon that qualifies the main level information. No No No Yes No 1
Tagset content Specifies the tag set used in the annotation of the resource or a used by the tool/service or it contains a URL that points to the information about the tag set. No Yes No No No Yes
TagsetLanguage content Indicates the language of the tag set itself, expressed in the two-letter language codes of iso639. No Yes No No No
TargetLanguage content Indicates if the language is the target language. (boolean) Yes No Yes Yes No No No No 2
Task content The major task carried out in the resource or a typical task description of the tool/service. Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No 1
TheoreticModel content Name of the theoretic model underlying the annotation task and/or reference (URL or bibliographic reference) to informative material about the theoretic model used. No Yes No No No
TimeCoverage content The time period that the content of a resource is about. DC-Definition: The temporal topic of the resource. No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Topic content Describes the knowledge domain of the resource. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No 1
VocabularySize content Indication of the size of the vocabulary used in the resource. Yes Yes Yes No No No No No 2
Address creation The address of an organization that was/is involved in creating, managing and accessing resource or tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
AnnotationMode creation Indicates whether the resource was created manually or by automatic processes. No Yes No No No No No No
AnnotationStandoff creation Indicates whether the annotation was created inline or in a stand-off fashion. No Yes No No No No No No
AnnotationTool creation Indicates the tool with help of which the annotations have been produced. <<creationtool is semantically overlapping, thus this category is suggested to be deleted>> No Yes No No No No No Yes 1
AnnotationWorkflow creation Indicates the workflow process in which the creation process was embedded. No Yes No No No No No No
BibliographicReference creation <<this is a component existing of several suggested categories from this list, TEI or DC - thus not a ctegory; we leave it in here for reasons of completeness>> No No Yes No Yes No No Yes 1
CompletionYear creation The year in which the creation process was completed. No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CreationDate creation The date when the resource or tool/service was created. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
CreationTool creation Indicates the tool with help of which the resource or the annotations in the resource were created. No No No Yes Yes No No No
CreatorFullName creation The name of the person who was participating in the creation project. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 3
CreatorRole creation The role that a person had in the creation process. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2
DeploymentTool creation Indicates a specific tool that may be used for the deployment of the resource. No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
DerivationDate creation Indicates the date of derivation in case that a resource was derived from another one. No No No Yes Yes No No No
DerivationMode creation Indicates whether the derivation was created manually or automatic. No No No Yes Yes No No No
DerivationTool creation Indicates the tool that was used during the derivation process. No No No Yes Yes No No No
DerivationType creation Indication of the type of derivation. No No No Yes Yes 1
DerivationWorkflow creation Indicates of the workflow process in which the derivation process was embedded. No No No Yes Yes No No No
Description creation A description in general prose text of the issues that are indicated by the context. The description field can occur at many different places in a component and profile. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1
Email creation The email address of a person or an organization that is involved in creating, managing or accessing resources or tools/services. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Funder creation Name of the funder of the project. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GeoCoordinates creation The geographical coordinates identifying the location of the creation of the resource specified as a pair according to the norms. Yes No No No No Yes
HarvestingDate creation Date when a copy was taken from the original resource. No No Yes No Yes
InterannotatorAgreement creation An indication of the inter-annotator agreement if appropriate methods where applied. No Yes No No No No No No 2
LastUpdate creation The date of the last update. No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
LinguisticSubject creation <<the definition from OLAC needs to be taken>> No No Yes Yes No No Yes No 2
LocationAddress creation The address where the resource was created or originated. Yes No No No No No Yes No
LocationContinent creation The continent of where the resource was created or originated. Yes No No No No Yes 1
LocationCountry creation The country where the resource was created or originated. Yes No No No No Yes 1
LocationRegion creation The region or sub-region where the resource was created or originated. Yes No No No No Yes
OriginalSource creation Indicates the original resources that were at the base of the creation/derivation process. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
ProjectId creation A unique identifier identifying the project. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ProjectName creation A short name or abbreviation of the project that led to the creation of the resource or tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
ProjectTitle creation The full title of the project that led to the creation of the resource or tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PublicationDate creation The date at which the resource or tool/service was published, i.e. announced to the public. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
StartYear creation The year in which the creation process was started. No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
UpdateFrequency creation The Frequency with which the resource or the tool/service is updated. No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
MetadataCreationDate ID The date of creation of this metadata description. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
MetadataCreator ID The name(s) of the person(s) that created this metadata description. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MetadataLanguage ID An identifier of the language in which the metadata description was written. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1
ResourceName ID A short name to identify the language resource. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ResourceTitle ID The title is the complete title of the resource without any abbreviations. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Url ID A URL referring to another resource that can be used in various contexts. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Version ID A number that identifies the version of a metadata description, a resource or a tool/web service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 3
AnonymizationFlag others Indicates whether or not the name and full name of the person participating in the session are replaced by pseudo names to make him/her anonymous. (boolean) No No No No No
RelationType others Formal specification of a relation of this resource or tool/service with another resource or tool/service. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 2
ParticipantAge participants The age of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No No No No
ParticipantBirthdate participants The date of birth of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No No No No
ParticipantCode participants Short unique code to identify the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No No No No
ParticipantDominantLanguage participants Specifies the preferred language of a participant. Yes No No No No No No No
ParticipantEducation participants The education of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No No No No 2
ParticipantEthnicGroup participants The ethnic group of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No No Yes No
ParticipantFullname participants The full name of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No Yes
ParticipantName participants The name of the person participating in the content of the recording as it is used by others in the transcription. Yes Yes No No No Yes
ParticipantProfession participants The profession of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No No No No
ParticipantRole participants The functional role of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No
ParticipantSex participants The sex of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No No Yes No
SocialFamilyRole participants The social or family role of the person participating in the content of the resource. Yes Yes No No No
AnnotationFormat resources Specifies the annotation format that is used since often the mime type will not be sufficient for machine processing. No Yes No No No Yes 3
CaptureMethod resources Indication of the capturing/digitization method that was used when creating the digital version. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
CharacterEncoding resources Name of the character encoding used in the resource or accepted by the tool/service. No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CharacterSet resources The repertoire of characters used in the resource. A range of characters (non-coded character set) or a coded character set as defined in RFC 2050. No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No 4
Condition resources Description of the technical conditions under which the resource was recorded. Yes No No No No No Yes No
Duration resources Specification of the duration of a recording. Yes No No No No
Enviroment resources Description of the environmental conditions under which the recording was created. Yes No No No No
ExecutionLocation resources Identification of the location where the tool/service is being executed. No No No No No Yes
MediaType resources Specification of the media type of the resource or the media types the tool/service is suitable for. Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes 1
MimeType resources Specification of the mime-type of the resource which is a formalized specifier for the format included or a mime-type that the tool/service accepts. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 1
OperatingSystem resources Identification of the operating system and its exact specification that is required to execute the tool/service. No No No No No Yes
PID resources Specification of a persistent identifier that refers to the resource or tool/service this metadata information describes. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1
Quality resources A numeric indication of the quality of the media file or service (1=low..5=high) Yes No No Yes No Yes
Resolution resources Specification of the spatial resolution of images or movies. Yes No No No No
RunningEnvironment resources Specification of the running environment that is required to execute the tool/service. No No No No No Yes
Samplerate resources Specification of the sample rate that is used for the recording. Yes No No No No
Segmentation resources Specification of the pointers in time or sequence that indicates the segmentation process. Yes No No No No No No No
SegmentationMethod resources Indication of the method with which the segmentation was achieved. Yes No No No No
Size resources The size of the resource with regard to the SizeUnit measurement in form of a number. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
SizePerLanguage resources Indication of the size per language that is included in the resource. No No Yes Yes No No No No 2
SizePerRepLevel resources Indication of the size per representational unit in the resource (i.e. Number of syntactic units, number of semantic units etc.) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
SizeUnit resources Specification of the unit of size that is used when specifying the size. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Validation resources Indication of the validation status of the resource (boolean). Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1
ValidationLevel resources Indication of the level of validation (full, partial). Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ValidationMode resources Indication of the validation methodology that was applied (automatic/manual). Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No 1
ValidationType resources Indication of the validation type that was applied (formal, content, etc). Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Content-Channel vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Face to Face; Experimental setting; Broadcasting; Telephone; wizard-of-oz; Human-machine dialogue; Other; No No No No No
Content-EventStructure vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Monologue; Dialogue; Conversation; Not a natural format; No No No No No
Content-Genre vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Discourse; Ritual/religious texts; Fiction; Newspaper article; Radio/TV feature; Drama; Singing; Instrumental music; Poetry; Literature; Secondary document; Personal notes;... No No No No No
Content-Interactivity vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; interactive; non-interactive; semi-interactive; No No No No No
Content-Involvement vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; elicited; non-elicited; no-observer; No No No No No
Content-Modalities vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; speech; writing; gestures; pointing-gestures; signs; eye-gaze; facial-expressions; emotional-state; haptic; song; instrumental music; No No No No No
Content-PlanningType vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; spontaneous; semi-spontaneous; planned; No No No No No
Content-SocialContext vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Family; Private; Public; Controlled environment; No No No No No
Content-SubGenre vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; No No No No No
Content-SubGenre-Discourse vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Narrative; Oratory; Procedural; Formulaic; Language play; Interview; Conversation; Description; Unintelligeble speech; No No No No No
Content-Subject vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; No No No No No
Content-Task vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; info-kiosk; travel-planning; room reservation; frog story; No No No No No
Continents vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Africa; Asia; Europe; Australia; Oceania; North-America; Middle-America; South-America; No No No No No
Countries vocabulary Unknown; Undefined; Unspecified; Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Andorra; Angola; Anguilla; Antarctica; Antigua and Barbuda; Arctic Ocean; Argentina; Armenia; Aruba; Ashmore and... No No No No No
Country vocabulary No No No No No 1
DescriptionLanguages vocabulary ISO639-2:dut; ISO639-2:eng; ISO639-2:ger; ISO639-2:frn; ISO639-2:spn; ISO639-2:por; ISO639-2:rus; ISO639-2:ara; ISO639-2:ind; No No No No No
MediaFile-Format vocabulary application/pdf; application/smil+xml; audio/x-aiff; audio/x-mp2; audio/x-mp3; audio/x-mpeg4; audio/x-wav; image/jpeg; image/png; image/tiff; image/gif; text/html; video/x-mpeg1; video/x-mpeg2; video... No No No No No
MediaFile-Type vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; audio; video; image; document; drawing; text; No No No No No
MPI-Languages vocabulary Abaza; Abkhaz; Adyghe; Aghul; Afrikaans; Akhvakh; Akurio; Amarg; American Sign Language; Andi; Arabic, Algerian; Arabic, Egyptian; Arabic, Moroccan Spoken; Arabic, Standard; Argi; Arrernte, Eastern;... No No No No No
Validation-Methodology vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Hand; Automatic; Semi-Automatic; No No No No No
Validation-Type vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; None; Formal; Content; Formal/Content; No No No No No
WrittenResource-Derivation vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Original; Analysis; Translation; Commentary; Criticism; Annotation; No No No No No
WrittenResource-Format vocabulary application/pdf; text/html; text/plain; text/xml; text/x-chat; text/x-cut; text/x-eaf+xml; text/x-esf; text/x-lexus-config+xml; text/x-lexus-resource+xml; text/x-lmf+xml; text/x-shoebox-language;... No No No No No
WrittenResource-SubType vocabulary Unspecified; Unknown; No No No No No
WrittenResource-SubType-Annotation vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Gesture; Orthography; Phonetic; Phonology; Morphology; Morphosyntax; Syntax; Semantics; Pragmatics; Typology; No No No No No
WrittenResource-Type vocabulary Unknown; Unspecified; Primary Text; Annotation; Lexical Analysis; Ethnography; Study; No No No No No