The current version defines two types of documents: the global elements below... The global types are available for reusing through schema type extension/restriction. The most up to date document definition is CHAT, it is also the richest in structure. Ideally, each group should develop a schema module defining the structure of their specific (class of) annotations, this schema should be an assembly of their definitions. Developed by Romeo Anghelache, from the CHAT specifications, released under the GNU Public License, 2001 structure of a CHAT document @Participants; a structure enumerating the beings participating a group of utterances having something in common, usually the speaker 31 March 1999 is formatted as 1999-03-31 this work might be done in an extended interval of time; a duration of 1 year, 2 months, 3 days, 10 hours, and 30 minutes, one would write: P1Y2M3DT10H30M e.g. when you write russian words using english characters, then Lang="ru" and Script is "en" an AIF document, see http://morph.ldc.upenn.edu/AG/doc/xml/ administrative descriptions, reused from Dublin Core allows semi structured extensions to the current set of annotations: these are the (legacy) dependent tiers, %mor line is, now, <morphemics> element %add %act %alt %cod; general purpose coding %coh; cohesion tier %com;[% text]; comments by investigator [0 text]; an omitted word %eng %err; error coding [%exc ...] %exp; [= text] %flo %fac %gls %gpx %int %lan %par: %pho: %mod: [: text] %def; on the main line, not recommended %sit %spa %tim arbitrary annotations, CHAT postcodes, intended as an extension mechanism inlined annotations, the conventional CHAT symbols are listed too [!] [!!] ["] [?] in CHAT, ( text ) in CA [*] [/] in CHAT [//] in CHAT, - in CA [///] in CHAT [/?] [/-] quicker tempo, no CHAT equivalent, used in CA slower tempo, no CHAT equivalent, used in CA larger volume, louder, no CHAT equivalent, used in CA lower volume, no CHAT equivalent, used in CA [>] [<] non verbal happenings scoped symbols the place to add research content xxx;yyy www 0 hhh in CA .hhh in CA a not yet clearly cathegorized noise clearing throat noise smacking lips noise intended as a feature of a word, see also the CHAT conventional notations @ap @b @c @cue @d @f @fp @g @i @inf @ins @l @n @nv @o @p @pr @s @sc @sas @sl @t @u @x @wp xx/yy () 0word 0*word 00word &; phonological fragment a nonempty string syntactic structure the whole morpheme is actually a prefix, CHAT equivalent is ~# category subcategory the unit of a %mor line corresponding to a word (this element belongs to a word element, but, if the precise correspondence is not yet established, these elements will be present at the utterance level (contained in an utterance); a word clitic or compound markers, may be used in morphemics and wordnet a word equivalent of CHAT symbol @; the place to add research content scoped symbols one may attach a translation of a word; an optional suffix -? -. -! -'. -,. -, -_ -' - ,, -: structure used to let annotations to belong to more than one word, can be recursive, although unnecessary: one can attach more than one annotations to a word, group of words, or whole utterances a word a construct formed by words linked through clitic or compound e.g. once+and+for+all a reference to a point/portion of a mute/action signal, e.g. 0 semicolon , clause delimiter [c]; scoped symbols the place to add research content one may attach a translation of a word; stress, blocking etc. equivalent of CHAT symbol @; the place to add research content scoped symbols one may attach a translation of a word; an optional suffix utterance initiators or linkers; they indicate the way to fit the current utterance with an earlier one, the CHAT conventional symbols are listed too +" +^ +< +, ++ a pointer to a selection in a video/audio file frame second byte character morphemes prefix marker, CHAT equivalent is # suffix marker, CHAT equivalent is - suffix fusion marker, CHAT equivalent is &; omitted affix, CHAT equivalent is -0 incorrectly omitted affix, CHAT equivalent is -0* english translation, CHAT equivalent is = morphological cathegory, CHAt equivalent is :, when used after the stem the beings along with their characteristics (age, sex...) / // /// : :: ^ *text* in CA the # symbol, pause between words the place to add research content the place to add research content [c] clause-delimiter; period, question, exclamation; basic utterance terminator; +... +..? +!? +/. +/? +//. +//? +"/. +". the place to add research content a word a group of words a construct formed by words linked through clitic or compound e.g. once+and+for+all a reference to a point/portion of a mute/action signal, e.g. 0 semicolon, clause_delimiter [c]; scoped symbols the place to add research content compound, CHAT + clitic, CHAT ~