Rethinking language documentation & support for the 21st century David Nathan Endangered Languages Archive SOAS University of London

rethinking … archiving preservation update what we hold access management archive model interface & navigation participation functions documentation media spatial information & sense co-ordination

preservation update preservation preparation, preservation, publication

preservation update - text plain text in Unicode (UTF8) XML, XHTML files produced by linguistic software (e.g..eaf files produced by ELAN) PDF/A, ODT MS Word

preservation update - audio wav ogg, XX MP3 AAC, XX

preservation update - images TIFF PNG, BMP JPEG (JPG), GIF PSD, other formats

preservation update - video MPEG4/H264/AVCHD, JPEG2000 AVI, MOV manufacturers’ formats

rethinking what archives hold metadocumentation images – with captions, metadata academic papers reference & teaching materials, e.g. learners’ primers cellphone apps may have widely sourced and well-organised data – valuable to archive! links & relationships

rethinking archive access management documentation can be sensitive needs a powerful but flexible access management transparency – ease of understanding use positively – social networking model access through relationships relationships & sharing produce new opportunities

User xx has just applied for access to restricted material in the deposit johnston2012auslan. The following message was attached to the application: "Hello [depositor], xx here. I'm interested in having a look at some of your video deposit, including annotation files. I am working on a project documenting Central Australian Indigenous sign with yy (see If ok, I'd like to see how you do the annotation - we have worked out a template and annotation protocol, but this needs a lot of refinement. Regards, MC" Application: from depositor’s friend, re methods

This is to inform you that user xx's application for access to restricted material in the deposit kunbarlang-389 has just been approved. The depositor included the following note to the user: "Hi xx I've approved your access to this collection, but you should know that there is an update in the material I've just deposited, with much more information on both music and texts. I'd be happy to give you access to that when it is processed. Next time I come to London (October or November this year) I'd be happy to meet up if you would like to discuss." Response: further info and offer to meet

User xx has just applied for access to restricted material in the deposit cappadocian-375. The following message was attached to the application: "Dear [depositor], I work as a research assistant in Nevsehir University in Cappadocia, Turkey. As you know, Cappadocian language has some relics in this region despite speakers of Cappadocian do not live anymore. In my university, there are few research on this subject with collaboration of Greek friends and local societies … I would like to access to your material … By the way, i would like to interview with you about Cappadocian language for our international journal of art and language. I hope you will have time for our journal. Thank you in advance." Application: establish credentials and make request

This is to inform you that user xx's application for access to restricted material in the deposit johnston2012auslan has just been approved. The depositor included the following note to the user: "I am giving you user access which means you should be able to see the ELAN eaf annotation files for the topics "The boy who cried wolf" and for "The hare and the tortoise. You should also be able to see most other movies except those tagged "1a" "4a" and "5". If you cannot see the ELAN eaf annotations I hope the problem will be fixed soon. I told the ELAR team about this." Response: approval with details and guide

rethinking the archive model progressive archiving challenge to whole approach of documentary linguistics

“classical” archiving collect resources/dataarchive them

rethinking the archive interface driven by providers and users, not technology contextualisation degrees of presentation navigation

rethinking archive participation users e.g. add bookmarks, negotiate access depositors e.g. updating and editing content negotiate access monitoring usage collaborations exchange & share information establish groups community curation

rethinking archive functions publishing & convergence forums for collaboration exhibition space, “guest” curators

rethinking documentation media media capture should be more scientific audio recording to capture acoustic events more fully and accurately video with audio: better co-ordination of modalities/senses

Anthony Jukes