[Corpora-List] Using version control software in corpus construction

[Hardie, Andrew]

Hi all,

I am contemplating using a source-code version control system (such as
Subversion) to store the files of a corpus as it is being constructed,
(a) to help keep track of changes as I go, (b) to allow several people
to work on it in a non-confusing way and (c) to simplify backing up and
aid data security.

Using version control software occurred to me after spending some time
manually keeping track of a set of encoding and markup changes in an
older corpus, and finding it a total pain in the neck. Of course, this
is not exactly what version control software is designed for...

I was wondering, has anyone on the list done this before? If so, are
there any pitfalls to avoid / particular pointers I should be aware of?
Or alternative (better) ways of accomplishing the same thing?

All hints and tips gratefully received.

Best

Andrew.



Andrew Hardie
Department of Linguistics
County South
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YL
United Kingdom
 
a.hardie at lancaster.ac.uk

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