August 2020 Newsletter
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
New Publications
LORELEI Vietnamese Representative Language Pack
DEFT Chinese Light and Rich ERE Annotation
CALLFRIEND American English – Southern Dialect Second Edition
Announcements
LDC Adds DOI Identifier to its Language Resources
As of July 2020, LDC’s language resources include a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), an internationally recognized identification standard for online digital material. DOIs are alpha numeric strings that correspond to URLs and metadata for specified resources. They are expressed as links that resolve to the object’s online location. For example, the DOI for Penn Parsed Corpora of Historical English LDC2020T16 is https://doi.org/10.35111/4hzx-5483 which leads users to the LDC catalog entry for this data set. To facilitate its assignment and administration of DOIs, LDC has joined DataCite, a global DOI provider for research data. (DOIs for resources released before July 2020 will be assigned through a process expected to be completed shortly.) LDC data sets now have four persistent identifiers, a unique LDC number, ISBN, ISLRN and DOI. Adding DOIs is consistent with our aim to follow best practices for archiving and curating digital resources, evidenced by the CoreTrustSeal certification which recognizes the LDC Catalog as a trustworthy data repository.
Fall 2020 LDC Data Scholarship Program
Student applications for the Fall 2020 LDC Data Scholarship program are being accepted now through September 15, 2020. This scholarship program provides eligible students with no-cost access to LDC data. Students must complete an application consisting of a data use proposal and letter of support from their advisor.
For application requirements and program rules, visit the LDC Data Scholarship page.