CLARIN (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure)

Business Profile

Core Value Proposition

CLARIN provides easy and sustainable access to a broad range of language data and tools to support research in the humanities and social sciences.

Target Customer

{"Researchers in the humanities and social sciences","Universities and research institutes","National consortia and research centers participating in CLARIN network"}

Key Differentiator

Distributed, interoperable infrastructure across European centers with single sign-on; open access to many resources; alignment with Open Science, FAIR data principles, EOSC, and ESFRI recognition; sustained through national consortia and associated centers.

Implementation Timeline

Not specified

Pain Points

1Fragmented language data and tools across multiple centers
2Lack of interoperability between resources and workflows
3Need for sustainable access and open access to language resources

Key Features

1Access to a wide range of digital language data (text, audio, video) and processing tools
2Interoperability and ability to chain tools across centers
3Single sign-on across participating centers
4Open access to many resources and alignment with FAIR/Open Science
5Learning Hub with online training and materials

Target Customer Industries

Client Results

1ParlaMint project: comparable and interoperable corpora of parliamentary debates from 29 European countries and autonomous regions; more than 1 billion words openly available
2Open access to data and tools enabling cross-institutional research
3Interoperability enabling cross-center data sharing and multidisciplinary collaboration

Competitive Advantages

1Open science and FAIR data principles at the core
2Interoperability across a distributed network of centers
3Single sign-on for seamless access across resources
4Alignment with EOSC and SSH Open Marketplace for broader ecosystem integration
5Support from national consortia and associated centers

Key Benefits

1Easy, sustainable access to diverse language data and tools

2Interoperability across centers and workflows

3Open access to many resources and support for open science

4Single sign-on for seamless user experience

5Strong ecosystem partnerships with national consortia and EOSC alignment

Case Studies & Success Stories

ParlaMint: Interoperable parliamentary corpora across Europe

Case #1

Flagship CLARIN project creating comparable corpora of parliamentary debates from 29 European countries and autonomous regions; over 1 billion words, openly available.

Additional Product Information

Product Description

A digital infrastructure that provides easy and sustainable access to a broad range of language data and tools to support research in the humanities and social sciences and beyond.

Target Market

Researchers and institutions in the humanities and social sciences; universities, research centers, libraries, and national consortia involved in CLARIN

Unique Value Proposition

A distributed, interoperable language data infrastructure with single sign-on, open access resources, and alignment with FAIR/Open Science and EOSC, enabling seamless cross-center research in language resources

Technical Requirements

Participation in the CLARIN network (centers across Europe); availability of interoperable data/tools; access via single sign-on; distributed infrastructure across centers

Pricing Model

Not disclosed

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