language-documentation
Plan language documentation, design recording sessions, edit annotations, curate lexical evidence, and prepare archive deposits; not unsupported language reconstruction or release authority.
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Choose one primary mode by its requested deliverable. Read only that workflow; add another only when the task requires its distinct output. Resolve relative links from the file containing them, including workflow links to ../artifacts/.
| Mode | Use when | Workflow |
|---|---|---|
documentation-planning |
Creates language documentation plans connecting community priorities, speaker and genre coverage, recording sessions, annotation capacity, access terms, and useful return materials. | Language Documentation Planning |
session-design |
Designs language documentation sessions with traceable prompts, natural-context tasks, participant review points, and recording metadata without manufacturing linguistic responses. | Linguistic Session Design |
transcription-annotation |
Produces or edits source-linked language transcripts and annotation tiers while keeping attested forms, segmentation, glosses, translations, and uncertainty distinct. | Linguistic Transcription And Annotation |
lexicon-curation |
Builds lexical and corpus records with attestation links, sense distinctions, variety information, analytical uncertainty, and reversible deduplication proposals. | Lexicon And Corpus Curation |
archive-preparation |
Prepares language recording and annotation deposits with manifests, participant metadata, resource relationships, access decisions, and community-return copies. | Language Archive Preparation |
Preserve speaker contributions, language varieties, source recordings, and community-defined access terms. Separate attested forms, analysis, and translation. A draft collection or deposit package does not establish permission to share it. Missing evidence permits a bounded draft or verification plan with explicit unknowns. Preserve originals and do not claim observations, approvals, or checks that were not obtained.