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StructureDataset The World Atlas of Language Structures Online

CLDF Metadata: StructureDataset-metadata.json

Sources: sources.bib

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dc:bibliographicCitation Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin (eds.) 2013. The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://wals.info)
dc:conformsTo CLDF StructureDataset
dc:identifier https://wals.info
dc:license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dcat:accessURL https://github.com/cldf-datasets/wals
prov:wasDerivedFrom
  1. cldf-datasets/wals v2020.2-11-g2955a01
  2. Glottolog v5.0
prov:wasGeneratedBy
  1. python: 3.10.12
  2. python-packages: requirements.txt
rdf:ID wals
rdf:type http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#Distribution

Table values.csv

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dc:conformsTo CLDF ValueTable
dc:extent 76475

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Language_ID string References languages.csv::ID
Parameter_ID string References parameters.csv::ID
Value string
Code_ID string References codes.csv::ID
Comment string comments in HTML
Source list of string (separated by ;) References sources.bib::BibTeX-key
Example_ID list of string (separated by ) References examples.csv::ID

Table chapters.csv

property value
dc:conformsTo CLDF ContributionTable
dc:extent 152

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Name string
Description string
Contributor string
Citation string
wp_slug string
Number integer
Area_ID string References areas.csv::ID
Source list of string (separated by ) References sources.bib::BibTeX-key
Contributor_ID list of string (separated by ) References contributors.csv::ID
With_Contributor_ID list of string (separated by ) References contributors.csv::ID

Table genealogy.csv

The family trees of WALS' Genealogical Language List.

property value
dc:conformsTo CLDF TreeTable
dc:extent 254

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Name string Name of tree as used in the tree file, i.e. the tree label in a Nexus file or the 1-based index of the tree in a newick file
Description string Describe the method that was used to create the tree, etc.
Tree_Is_Rooted boolean Whether the tree is rooted (Yes) or unrooted (No) (or no info is available (null))
Tree_Type string Whether the tree is a summary (or consensus) tree, i.e. can be analysed in isolation, or whether it is a sample, resulting from a method that creates multiple trees
Tree_Branch_Length_Unit string The unit used to measure evolutionary time in phylogenetic trees.
Media_ID string References a file containing a Newick representation of the tree, labeled with identifiers as described in the LanguageTable (the Media_Type column of this table should provide enough information to chose the appropriate tool to read the newick)
References media.csv::ID
Source list of string (separated by ;) References sources.bib::BibTeX-key

Table parameters.csv

WALS' Features

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dc:conformsTo CLDF ParameterTable
dc:extent 192

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Name string
Description string
ColumnSpec json
Chapter_ID string References chapters.csv::ID

Table codes.csv

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dc:conformsTo CLDF CodeTable
dc:extent 1143

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Parameter_ID string The parameter or variable the code belongs to.
References parameters.csv::ID
Name string
Description string
Number integer
icon string

Table languages.csv

WALS' languages and language groups. WALS languages have 2 or 3 letter IDs, whereas the taxonomic units of the Genealogical Language List have IDs prefixed with 'family-', 'subfamily-' or 'genus-'.

property value
dc:conformsTo CLDF LanguageTable
dc:extent 3573

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Name string
Macroarea string
Latitude decimal
Longitude decimal
Glottocode string
ISO639P3code string
Family string
Subfamily string
Genus string
GenusIcon string
ISO_codes list of string (separated by )
Samples_100 boolean https://wals.info/chapter/s1#3.1._The_WALS_samples
Samples_200 boolean https://wals.info/chapter/s1#3.1._The_WALS_samples
Country_ID list of string (separated by )
Source list of string (separated by )
Parent_ID string References languages.csv::ID

Table examples.csv

property value
dc:conformsTo CLDF ExampleTable
dc:extent 3907

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Language_ID string References languages.csv::ID
Primary_Text string The example text in the source language.
Analyzed_Word list of string (separated by ) The sequence of words of the primary text to be aligned with glosses
Gloss list of string (separated by ) The sequence of glosses aligned with the words of the primary text
Translated_Text string The translation of the example text in a meta language
Meta_Language_ID string References the language of the translated text
References languages.csv::ID
Comment string

Table language_names.csv

property value
dc:extent 7377

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Language_ID list of string (separated by ) References languages.csv::ID
Name string
Provider string

Table countries.csv

property value
dc:extent 192

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Name string

Table media.csv

Media files associated with WALS chapters.

property value
dc:conformsTo CLDF MediaTable
dc:extent 153

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Name string
Description string
Media_Type string
Download_URL anyURI
Path_In_Zip string
Contribution_ID string References chapters.csv::ID
Conforms_To string

Table areas.csv

Linguistic Subfields

property value
dc:extent 11

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Name string
dbpedia_url string

Table contributors.csv

property value
dc:extent 55

Columns

Name/Property Datatype Description
ID string Primary key
Name string
Url string
Editor_Ord integer