Linguistic Linked Open Data and Under-Resourced Languages: From Collection to Application

Abstract

In this chapter, we argue for the adoption and use of Linked Data for linguistic purposes and, in particular. for encoding, sharing, and disseminating under-resourced language data. We provide an overview of linguistic Linked Data in the context of creating datasets of under-resourced languages. and we describe what ``under-resourced{''} language data are, focusing on lexical resources (wordlists and dictionaries) and annotated corpora (glosses and corpora). We discuss aspects of resource integration with two brief case studies of linguistic data sources that have been transformed into Linked Data. Lastly, we describe the state and the bandwidth of applications of Linked Open Data technologies to under-resourced languages in the general context of the Open Linguistics Working Group and the developing Linguistic Linked Open Data (LLOD) ecosystem.