Chapter 3. Workspace management
Document Actions
After the user has created a new workspace / has selected an existing one, the following page will be displayed:
This window is the central page for all actions with regard to managing the contents and
adjusting the structure of the chosen workspace. The image below shows that each corpus is
organized in the shape of a tree structure (see Figure 3.1 and Figure 3.2). These trees are constructed with the use of corpus- and session nodes. A corpus node, recognized by a blue symbol in front of its name in
the tree view (
), is a specific point inside the structure of the corpus used to build
its general structure. Usually corpus nodes are grouped together on the basis of, e.g., the
geographical location, the discourse genre, the sex or age of the speakers, the dialect of the
speakers, the target/source language etc.
Each corpus node may contain one ore more so called session
nodes (in addition to the fact that they also may contain other sub-corpus
nodes). Session nodes are important because they incorporate links to all actual data (i.e.
video- and audio data, information- and annotation files). They are represented by a green
symbol (
). The resources have also symbols indicating the type of content, i.e. a
speaker symbol (
) represents an audio file.
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If a node has the
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LAMUS facilitates the construction of corpora as shown in the picture above using corpus-, session nodes and resources as building blocks. These elements are linked to one another and are thus making up the tree structure itself. The layout of the corpus structure is to be determined by the researcher. As every node or resource is linked to other elements in the tree, changes in arrangement can easily be made by just adjusting these connections. Single resources or whole parts of the corpus can be unlinked from the tree structure to be used again in a different location. New elements can be uploaded to the workspace to be incorporated in the corpus.
The main interaction window provides information and feedback from the system about the actions performed by choosing the specific LAMUS function buttons (on the bottom of the screen, Section 3.2).
Release of ELAN 4.3.0
