Background

This paper describes EXMARaLDA, an XML-based framework for the construction, dissemination and analysis of corpora of spoken language transcriptions. Departing from a prototypical example of a “partitur ” (musical score) transcription, the EXMARaLDA “single timeline, multiple tiers ” data model and format is presented alongside with the EXMARaLDA Partitur-Editor, a tool for inputting and visualizing such data. This is followed by a discussion of the interaction of EXMARaLDA with other frameworks and tools that work with similar data models. Finally, this paper presents an extension of the “single timeline, multiple tiers ” data model and describes its application within the EXMARaLDA system