TDS Curator project presentation at the CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst in Utrecht on February 19, 2010.

1. TDS-Curator DANS MPI for Psycholinguistics Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS languagelink.let.uu.nl/tds/ February 19, 2010 1 CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst

2. TDS Curator goal The Typological Database System (TDS) currently provides integrated access to multiple independently developed typological databases through a common web interface. While the system is currently operational, TDS Curator will make the TDS into a sustainable service that conforms to CLARIN infrastructural requirements. February 19, 2010 2 CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst The Typological Database System (TDS) currently provides integrated access to multiple independently developed typological databases through a common web interface. While the system is currently operational, TDS Curator will make the TDS into a sustainable service that conforms to CLARIN infrastructural requirements. The Typological Database System (TDS) currently provides integrated access to multiple independently developed typological databases through a common web interface. While the system is currently operational, TDS Curator will make the TDS into a sustainable service that conforms to CLARIN infrastructural requirements.

3. Current TDS architecture February 19, 2010 CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst 3 Topic taxonomy Topic taxonomy Navigating and searching No web services online 1060 & BB Querying Reasoning TDS data Proprietary format Global domain ontology Project internal TDS Workbench Enriching Merging Local DTL specifications DTL engine Transforming Proprietary format Importing offline meta data component databases

4. Integrated Data and Documentation Format (IDDF) No open/standard data format that is semantically rich enough to replace the TDS proprietary format CSV: too generic, one table only SQL: too generic, only data no documentation XML: too generic, which vocabulary? Data focus: CSV XML-derivative, SQL dump XML-derivative, … Model focus: CSDL derivative, … Documentation focus: ODD derivative, … IDDF: Data: semi-structured hierarchical units Documentation: extensive documentation of data elements and values Model: network close to the conceptual schema February 19, 2010 CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst 4

5. Work packages Core component: TDS-IDDF Core component: TDS-WS Application: TDS-GUI Documentation & reporting Hosting at CLARIN centre: DANS Relationship with ISOcat February 19, 2010 CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst 5

6. TDS-Curator architecture February 19, 2010 CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst 6 Topic taxonomy Topic taxonomy Navigating and searching Querying Reasoning Web services Web services online TDS IDDF document IDDF Global domain ontology TDS Workbench ISOcat Enriching Merging Local DTL specifications DTL engine Transforming Importing offline meta data component databases

7. TDS-Curator architecture February 19, 2010 CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst 7 Topic taxonomy Topic taxonomy Navigating and searching User interface Querying Reasoning Web services Web services online online TDS IDDF document TDS IDDF document Global domain ontology TDS Workbench Enriching Merging Local DTL specifications DTL engine Transforming Importing offline meta data component databases

8. Planning Due to obligations TDS Curator starts later Kickstart: April - May Core development: June – November February 19, 2010 CLARIN-NL Bijeenkomst 8