Technology, tools & standards

Transcription & Annotation

• HamNoSys transcription system
• ELAN annotation software
• iLex annotation software
• SignStream transcription software
• Transana annotation software
• Anvil annotation software
• SignWriting and SignWriting software

Metadata

• IMDI metadata standard and tools; there is an extension of the standard for sign language data (the ‘sign language profile‘)
• ARBIL metadata editor

Related resources

• Sign Language Assessment: a web site dedicated to sign language testing
• A Google Map with locations at which sign language research takes place.

See also the wiki SignLanguageCorpora.org for a lot of technical information, and the output of the Sign Linguistics Corpora Network workshops.