<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="">In early 2013 the SIL Language and Culture Archive looked at content submitted during 2012. One interesting thing Hugh and Jeremy noted was that during 2012 only 4 FLEx databases were archived (in addition to about 6 ToolBox databases).</p><p class=""><br></p><p class="">We have a nagging question: <i>is this normal (that so few lexical database users archive their data), or are there really this few creators of lexical databases?</i> To this end Hugh Paterson has put together a short survey (4-ish simple questions - requires about 3 minutes). It is available online here: <a href="http://bit.ly/19QSPMb"><span class="">http://bit.ly/19QSPMb</span></a></p><p class="">We are particularly expecting responses from people who work with minority languages but all lexicographic database users are open to respond to the questionnaire.</p><p class=""><br></p><p class=""><i>====</i> Low Bandwidth? ====</p><p class="">For those in a bandwidth restricted situation feel free to reply to the questions below with answers to: Hugh_Paterson [ at ] <a href="http://sil.org/"><span class="">sil.org</span></a></p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="">Four questions: </p><div> 1. Are you using FLEx or ToolBox and which version are you using?:</div><p class="">2. What is the ISO 639-3 code of the language you are using it with (analyzing/investigating)?:</p><p class="">3. Have you ever archived a version of your current Lexical Database at an official archive? (An archive like SIL's L & CA -REAP-, or SOAS's ELAR, or MPI's TLA, or PARADISEC. - Though it doesn't have to be one of these four. ) - Yes / No:</p><p class="">4: Have you ever produced a Print or Digital Publication from your Lexical data (like a Glossary or a Dictionary)? if so we would like to hear about it, got a link or a citation?:</p><p class="">-----------------------------------------</p><p class="">One entry per language. If you work with more than one language, feel free to submit one answer per language or add a comment to that effect with a list of the ISO 639-3 codes or language names.</p><p class="">Personal details (email address and name) will be kept confidential, other data and generalizations of trends may be published. (Hugh and Jeremy did present a poster at ICLDC3 see it here: <a href="http://bit.ly/UOJ6UI">http://bit.ly/UOJ6UI</a> )</p><div>-----------------------------------------</div><p class="">Thank you for the work you do and the effort you make to serve speakers of minority languages.</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="">- Hugh Paterson</p></body></html>