Corpus 
   Encoding 
   Standard

Related Links

• XCES: XML Version of the CES
• Directory of Projects using the CES

Abstract

The CES specifies a minimal encoding level that corpora must achieve to be considered standardized in terms of descriptive representation (marking of structural and typographic information) as well as general architecture (so as to be maximally suited for use in a text database). It also provides encoding specifications for linguistic annotation, together with a data architecture for linguistic corpora.

 The CES is being developed in a bottom up fashion, starting with minimal specifications and expanding based upon feedback resulting from its use, and the input of the research community in general. We invite and encourage all comments and discussion of any aspect of the CES.

Contents

• CES Part 0. Introduction
  • 0.1. Background
  • 0.2. Scope of the CES
  • 0.3. Overview of the CES
  • 0.4. Status of this document
  • 0.5. Key to tag descriptions
• CES Part 1. General Principles
  • 1.1. Definitions
  • 1.2. Interchange vs. local processing
  • 1.3. Levels of standardization
  • 1.4. Types of information
  • 1.5. Criteria
  • 1.6. Customization of the TEI
• CES Part 2. Recommendations common to all documents
  • 2.1. Metalanguage recommendations
  • 2.2. Character sets
• CES Part 3. The header
  • 3.1. Global attributes
  • 3.2. Document structure
  • 3.3. The File description
  • 3.4. The Encoding description
  • 3.5. The Profile description
  • 3.6. The revision description
  • 3.7. Use of decls attribute
  • 3.8. Examples
  • 3.9. The cesHeader DTD
  • 3.10. The cesHeader DTD in hypertext navigable format
• CES Part 4. Encoding primary data
  • 4.0. Overview
  • 4.1. Levels of encoding for primary data
  • 4.2. Level 1 conformance
  • 4.3. Level 2 conformance
  • 4.4. Level 3 conformance
  • 4.5. The cesDoc DTD for primary data
• CES Part 5. Encoding linguistic annotation
  • 5.0. Overview
  • 5.1. Locators
  • 5.2. Encoding conventions for segmentation and grammatical annotation
  • 5.3. Encoding conventions for parallel text alignment
• CES Part 6. Encoding speech
  • [under construction]
• CES Part 7. Encoding linguistic annotation for speech
  • [under construction]
• CES Annex 1 : Relevant standards
• CES Annex 2 : Bibliography
• CES Annex 3 : List of relevant URLs
• CES Annex 4 : Tag index
• CES Annex 5 : DTDs and related files
• CES Annex 6 : DTDs in hypertext navigable format
• CES Annex 7 : How to use the CES
• CES Annex 8 : Consistency
• CES Annex 9 : Minimization
• CES Annex 10 : Overlapping hierarchies

Acknowledgements

Contacts

Nancy Ide

Department of Computer Science

Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 USA
tel : (+1) 914 437 5988
fax : (+1) 914 437 7498
e-mail : ide@cs.vassar.edu

Greg Priest-Dorman

Department of Computer Science

Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 USA
tel : (+1) 914 437 5990
fax : (+1) 914 437 7498
e-mail : priestdo@cs.vassar.edu

 Please report suggestions or problems to priestdo@cs.vassar.edu.
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