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TEI and Git in ParlaMint: Collaborative Development of Language Resources

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2022

Abstract

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 TEI-encoded corpora of parliamentary proceedings. We introduce the use of TEI ODD to write the encoding guidelines and formal XML schemas for validation.

We motivate and explain using Git to develop of encoding schemas and language resources. Apart from revision control, issues and publishing documentation, we also emphasise GitHub actions with their ability to integrate program code execution into the data submission process.

The paper is written with a view to introducing SSH scientists to the two environments, as they can be valuable items in the toolbox for compiling language resources, especially in a collaborative setting.