Lexical Database Archiving Questionnaire

Hugh Paterson III hugh_paterson at SIL.ORG
Wed Nov 27 05:41:46 UTC 2013


Last year the SIL Archive did an analysis of what kinds of materials are being submitted to SIL's Language and Culture Archive. During the 2012 year only 4 FLEx data sets were submitted to the archive (and about 6 Toolbox datasets). The archive is looking to see if this is a broader trend among linguists (and more generally lexical database users) or if it is unique to SIL contexts. We are particularly expecting responses from people who work with minority languages but all lexicographic database users are open to respond to the Questionnaire. We are asking 4 questions: 
 
If you are a FLEx user (or even a Toolbox or Lexus user):
Please take a quick moment to fill out the following online questionnaire: http://bit.ly/19QSPMb
 
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For those in a bandwidth restricted situation feel free to reply to the questions below with answers to: Hugh_Paterson [ at ] sil.org
 
Four questions: 
 
1. Are you using FLEx or ToolBox and which version are you using?:
2. What is the ISO code of the language you are using it with?:
3. Have you ever archived a version of your current FLEx 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:
4: Have you ever produced a Print or Digital Publication from your FLEx data (like a Glossary or a Dictionary)? if so we would like to hear about it, got a link or a citation?:
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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.
Personal details (email address and name) will be kept confidential, other data and generalizations of trends may be published.
 
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Thank you for the work you do and the effort you make to serve speakers of minority languages.
 
- Hugh Paterson


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