iField: An offline/online fieldlinguistics database which adapts to its user's I-Language.
We designed iField from the ground up to be both user-friendly AND conform to data management best practices from DataOne and E-MELD. In fact, you can use Section 6 Evaluation for the data management section in your grant applications: https://github.com/iLanguage/iField/blob/master/docs/WhitePaper.pdf?raw=true
iField will be officially launched in English, French and Spanish on August 1st 2012 in Patzun, Guatemala. So far we have had input from fieldlinguists working on Morpho-syntax, LF and Prosody. We are currently looking for users who would like to try out our app as a Beta Tester starting July 1st. In particular we need to know if the app is User Friendly, and if you have suggestions on how we can improve the app to save you time entering your data, and searching for your data when writing handouts/articles etc.
So put on your best fieldlinguist's cargo pants, and join us for the bug hunt!
Beta Tester sign-up:
The FieldLinguistics Database Project is aimed at providing fieldlinguists with an app where they can enter and store linguistic data, customized to the needs of fieldlinguists.
Out in the field with no internet? The application is suitable for offline use. In a field methods class collaborating with other linguists? The application is designed to make data syncable and sharable with your team members. Recording your data? Drag and drop the audio file with the datum, or record it directly into the datum if you are using the Android app. Need to compute the semantic composition? You can add a field with the semantic details in lambda calculus. There are many more features, in a very simple and intuitive interface, designed for linguists, by linguists with software engineering experience.
- Alan Bale (McGill, Concordia)
- M.E. Cathcart (U Delaware, iLanguage Lab LTD)
- Gina Cook (iLanguage Lab LTD)
- Jessica Coon (McGill)
- Theresa Deering (iLanguage Lab LTD)
- Robert Henderson (UC Santa Cruz)
- Yuliya Manyakina (Concordia, Stony Brook)
- Hisako Noguchi (Concordia)
- Michael Wagner (McGill)
See Wiki for References, Similar Software that we investigated, Software Design Docs and Software Requirements Specification
We have some small funding TBA
This project is released under the Apache 2.0 license, which is an very non-restrictive open source license which basically says you can adapt the software to any use you see fit. You can also download it and install it on your Departments servers.
- Signup for a GitHub account (GitHub is free for OpenSource)
- Click on the "Fork" button to create your own copy.
- Follow the 4 GitHub Help Tutorials for how to install and use Git on your computer.
- Edit the code on your computer, and push to your origin (git push origin master).
- Click on the "Pull Request" button, and leave us a note about what you changed.
- Feel the glow :)