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title: AusTalk Vocabulary Schema Terms

AusTalk Vocabulary Schema Terms

The AusTalk schema is used for describing the AusTalk corpus of Australian English and is published at https://w3id.org/austalk/schema. The schema is based on archive material of the AusTalk static site and other repositories:

austalk-static-site: The austalk.edu.au website
bigasc-metadata: Code to generate metadata for the AusTalk (Big ASC) corpus
smallasc
language-data-commons-vocabs/vocabs/austalk

All Rules:

3 classes · 84 properties

Classes

AusNCObject — An individual item in the corpus - one recording of a prompt/interview/map task.
Recorded Component — An instance of a component for one participant.
RecordingSite — A physical location where recordings were made.

Properties

age from — The age from which this person has resided in the specified town.
age to — The age to which this person has resided in the specified town. If still residing there, use null.
audio rating — A rating of audio quality A-D: A (A-OK), B (OK, but imperfect), C (bad, not acceptable), D (deficient or missing).
basename — The base name of a media file without path, comprised of the speaker, session, component and prompt numbers.
birthPlace — The place of birth of this person (geolocated).
cameraSN0 — The serial number of camera 0.
cameraSN1 — The serial number of camera 1.
channel — The channel name of the media file.
checksum — The checksum of the media file for integrity verification.
city — The city of the recording site.
comment — A comment on the recording quality.
consent — Boolean value true if this person has signed the consent form.
country — The country in which this person has residential history.
country of birth — The country where this person was born.
cultural heritage — The cultural heritage of this person.
education level — The highest level of education of this person.
father accent — The accent of the father of this person.
father cultural heritage — The cultural heritage of the father of this person.
father education level — The highest level of education of the father of this person.
father first language — The first language of the father of this person.
father pob country — The country where the father of this person was born.
father pob town — The town where the father of this person was born.
father professional category — The professional category of the father of this person.
first language — The first language of this person.
frequency — The frequency of use of a language by this person, on a scale of 1-100.
has dentures — Boolean value true if this person has dentures.
has health problems — Boolean value true if this person has health problems which might affect his/her voice.
has hearing problems — Boolean value true if this person has hearing problems.
has hobbies — Boolean value true if this person has hobbies.
has piercings — Boolean value true if this person has facial piercings.
has reading problems — Boolean value true if this person has reading problems.
has speech problems — Boolean value true if this person has speech problems.
has vocal training — Boolean value true if this person has vocal training.
health problems details — Details of the health problems of this person.
hearing problems details — Details of the hearing problems of this person.
hobbies details — Details of the hobbies of this person.
id — The numerical identifier for a session/component/item.
information follower — The participant whose role was information follower in the map task.
information giver — The participant whose role was information giver in the map task.
institution — The institution associated with the recording site.
is left handed — Boolean value true if this person is left handed.
is smoker — Boolean value true if this person is a smoker.
is student — Boolean value true if this person is a student.
language usage — The languages used by this person and the contexts in which they are used.
less than a year — Boolean value true if this person has resided less than a year in the specified town.
map — The map being used in the map task.
maptaskcomment — A comment on the map task.
mother accent — The accent of the mother of this person.
mother cultural heritage — The cultural heritage of the mother of this person.
mother education level — The highest level of education of the mother of this person.
mother first language — The first language of the mother of this person.
mother professional category — The professional category of the mother of this person.
mother's birth town — The town where the mother of this person was born.
mother's country of birth — The country where the mother of this person was born.
mothers birth state — The state where the mother of this person was born.
name — The name of the thing.
other languages — Other languages spoken or understood by this person.
piercings details — Details of the facial piercings of this person.
pob state — The state where this person was born.
pob town — The town where this person was born.
professional category — The professional category of this person.
professional occupation — The professional occupation of this person.
professional qualification — The professional qualification of this person.
prompt — The prompt text shown when recording an item.
prototype — A link to the prototype session/component/item for this thing.
reading problems details — Details of the reading problems of this person.
recording site — A URI of the recording site where the recording was made.
research assistant — The research assistant who ran the recording session.
residential history — The residential history of this person, including the person's age and duration at each location.
ses — The socio-economic status (SES) of this person (e.g. professional or non-professional).
session — The session of each component.
shortname — The short name for a component.
situation — The situations in which a language is used by this person.
speech problems details — Details of the speech problems of this person.
state — The state in which this person has residential history.
state of birth of Father — The state where the father of this person was born.
student aspiration — The career aspirations of this person who is a student.
student course — The course that this person who is a student is enrolled in.
student enrollment — The enrollment status of this person who is a student (e.g. fulltime, parttime, null).
town — The town in which this person has residential history.
type — The type of the media file (e.g. audio or video).
version — The version number differentiating between sets of recordings for an item (default 1, incremented for additional recordings).
video rating — A rating of video quality A-D: A (A-OK), B (OK, but imperfect), C (bad, not acceptable), D (deficient or missing).
vocal training details — Details of the vocal training of this person.

Types of entities (specializations of Classes) and expected Properties

Class: AusNCObject

An individual item in the corpus - one recording of a prompt/interview/map task.

Instances of this type MAY be present in the crate.

Min Count	Max Count
N/A	N/A

Property	Required	Description	Range
age from	No	The age from which this person has resided in the specified town.	schema:Text
age to	No	The age to which this person has resided in the specified town. If still residing there, use null.	schema:Text
basename	No	The base name of a media file without path, comprised of the speaker, session, component and prompt numbers.	schema:Text
cameraSN0	No	The serial number of camera 0.	schema:Text
cameraSN1	No	The serial number of camera 1.	schema:Text
channel	No	The channel name of the media file.	ChannelTerms
checksum	No	The checksum of the media file for integrity verification.	schema:Text
city	No	The city of the recording site.	schema:Text
country	No	The country in which this person has residential history.	schema:Text
frequency	No	The frequency of use of a language by this person, on a scale of 1-100.	schema:Text
id	No	The numerical identifier for a session/component/item.	schema:Text
information follower	No	The participant whose role was information follower in the map task.	schema:Text
information giver	No	The participant whose role was information giver in the map task.	schema:Text
institution	No	The institution associated with the recording site.	schema:Text
less than a year	No	Boolean value true if this person has resided less than a year in the specified town.	schema:Boolean
map	No	The map being used in the map task.	schema:Text
maptaskcomment	No	A comment on the map task.	schema:Text
mothers birth state	No	The state where the mother of this person was born.	schema:Text
prompt	No	The prompt text shown when recording an item.	schema:Text
recording site	No	A URI of the recording site where the recording was made.	RecordingSite
research assistant	No	The research assistant who ran the recording session.	schema:Person
shortname	No	The short name for a component.	schema:Text
state	No	The state in which this person has residential history.	schema:Text
town	No	The town in which this person has residential history.	schema:Text
type	No	The type of the media file (e.g. audio or video).	schema:Text
version	No	The version number differentiating between sets of recordings for an item (default 1, incremented for additional recordings).	schema:Text

Class: Recorded Component

An instance of a component for one participant.

Instances of this type MAY be present in the crate.

Min Count	Max Count
N/A	N/A

Property	Required	Description	Range
audio rating	No	A rating of audio quality A-D: A (A-OK), B (OK, but imperfect), C (bad, not acceptable), D (deficient or missing).	schema:Text
comment	No	A comment on the recording quality.	schema:Text
video rating	No	A rating of video quality A-D: A (A-OK), B (OK, but imperfect), C (bad, not acceptable), D (deficient or missing).	schema:Text

Class: RecordingSite

A physical location where recordings were made.

Instances of this type MAY be present in the crate.

Min Count	Max Count
N/A	N/A

Property	Required	Description	Range	Value
No properties defined for this class

All Properties

Property: age from

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
age from	The age from which this person has resided in the specified town.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: age to

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
age to	The age to which this person has resided in the specified town. If still residing there, use null.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: audio rating

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
audio rating	A rating of audio quality A-D: A (A-OK), B (OK, but imperfect), C (bad, not acceptable), D (deficient or missing).	schema:Text	Recorded Component

Property: basename

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
basename	The base name of a media file without path, comprised of the speaker, session, component and prompt numbers.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: birthPlace

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
birthPlace	The place of birth of this person (geolocated).	geo:Feature	schema:Person

Property: cameraSN0

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
cameraSN0	The serial number of camera 0.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: cameraSN1

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
cameraSN1	The serial number of camera 1.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: channel

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
channel	The channel name of the media file.	ChannelTerms	AusNCObject

Property: checksum

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
checksum	The checksum of the media file for integrity verification.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: city

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
city	The city of the recording site.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: comment

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
comment	A comment on the recording quality.	schema:Text	Recorded Component

Property: consent

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
consent	Boolean value true if this person has signed the consent form.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: country

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
country	The country in which this person has residential history.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: country of birth

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
country of birth	The country where this person was born.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: cultural heritage

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
cultural heritage	The cultural heritage of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: education level

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
education level	The highest level of education of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: father accent

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
father accent	The accent of the father of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: father cultural heritage

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
father cultural heritage	The cultural heritage of the father of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: father education level

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
father education level	The highest level of education of the father of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: father first language

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
father first language	The first language of the father of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: father pob country

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
father pob country	The country where the father of this person was born.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: father pob town

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
father pob town	The town where the father of this person was born.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: father professional category

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
father professional category	The professional category of the father of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: first language

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
first language	The first language of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: frequency

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
frequency	The frequency of use of a language by this person, on a scale of 1-100.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: has dentures

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
has dentures	Boolean value true if this person has dentures.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: has health problems

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
has health problems	Boolean value true if this person has health problems which might affect his/her voice.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: has hearing problems

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
has hearing problems	Boolean value true if this person has hearing problems.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: has hobbies

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
has hobbies	Boolean value true if this person has hobbies.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: has piercings

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
has piercings	Boolean value true if this person has facial piercings.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: has reading problems

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
has reading problems	Boolean value true if this person has reading problems.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: has speech problems

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
has speech problems	Boolean value true if this person has speech problems.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: has vocal training

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
has vocal training	Boolean value true if this person has vocal training.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: health problems details

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
health problems details	Details of the health problems of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: hearing problems details

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
hearing problems details	Details of the hearing problems of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: hobbies details

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
hobbies details	Details of the hobbies of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: id

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
id	The numerical identifier for a session/component/item.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: information follower

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
information follower	The participant whose role was information follower in the map task.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: information giver

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
information giver	The participant whose role was information giver in the map task.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: institution

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
institution	The institution associated with the recording site.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: is left handed

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
is left handed	Boolean value true if this person is left handed.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: is smoker

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
is smoker	Boolean value true if this person is a smoker.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: is student

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
is student	Boolean value true if this person is a student.	schema:Boolean	schema:Person

Property: language usage

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
language usage	The languages used by this person and the contexts in which they are used.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: less than a year

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
less than a year	Boolean value true if this person has resided less than a year in the specified town.	schema:Boolean	AusNCObject

Property: map

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
map	The map being used in the map task.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: maptaskcomment

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
maptaskcomment	A comment on the map task.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: mother accent

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
mother accent	The accent of the mother of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: mother cultural heritage

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
mother cultural heritage	The cultural heritage of the mother of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: mother education level

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
mother education level	The highest level of education of the mother of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: mother first language

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
mother first language	The first language of the mother of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: mother professional category

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
mother professional category	The professional category of the mother of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: mother's birth town

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
mother's birth town	The town where the mother of this person was born.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: mother's country of birth

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
mother's country of birth	The country where the mother of this person was born.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: mothers birth state

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
mothers birth state	The state where the mother of this person was born.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: name

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
name	The name of the thing.	schema:Text	owl:Class

Property: other languages

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
other languages	Other languages spoken or understood by this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: piercings details

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
piercings details	Details of the facial piercings of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: pob state

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
pob state	The state where this person was born.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: pob town

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
pob town	The town where this person was born.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: professional category

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
professional category	The professional category of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: professional occupation

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
professional occupation	The professional occupation of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: professional qualification

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
professional qualification	The professional qualification of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: prompt

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
prompt	The prompt text shown when recording an item.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: prototype

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
prototype	A link to the prototype session/component/item for this thing.

Property: reading problems details

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
reading problems details	Details of the reading problems of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: recording site

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
recording site	A URI of the recording site where the recording was made.	RecordingSite	AusNCObject

Property: research assistant

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
research assistant	The research assistant who ran the recording session.	schema:Person	AusNCObject

Property: residential history

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
residential history	The residential history of this person, including the person's age and duration at each location.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: ses

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
ses	The socio-economic status (SES) of this person (e.g. professional or non-professional).	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: session

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
session	The session of each component.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: shortname

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
shortname	The short name for a component.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: situation

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
situation	The situations in which a language is used by this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: speech problems details

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
speech problems details	Details of the speech problems of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: state

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
state	The state in which this person has residential history.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: state of birth of Father

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
state of birth of Father	The state where the father of this person was born.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: student aspiration

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
student aspiration	The career aspirations of this person who is a student.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: student course

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
student course	The course that this person who is a student is enrolled in.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: student enrollment

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
student enrollment	The enrollment status of this person who is a student (e.g. fulltime, parttime, null).	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property: town

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
town	The town in which this person has residential history.	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: type

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
type	The type of the media file (e.g. audio or video).	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: version

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
version	The version number differentiating between sets of recordings for an item (default 1, incremented for additional recordings).	schema:Text	AusNCObject

Property: video rating

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
video rating	A rating of video quality A-D: A (A-OK), B (OK, but imperfect), C (bad, not acceptable), D (deficient or missing).	schema:Text	Recorded Component

Property: vocal training details

Property	Description	Range	Occurs in Domain(s)
vocal training details	Details of the vocal training of this person.	schema:Text	schema:Person

Property Values

No PropertyValue entities are defined.

Defined Term Sets

Defined Term Set: ChannelTerms

ID: austalk:ChannelTerms

Set of defined terms for austalk:channel.

Term	Description
BoundaryDeskMic	Boundary / desk mic - Shure MX391/O. On table, ~ 60cm from speaker.
LeftC2Mic	Left C-2 mic - Behringer C-2 microphone. On table, ~60 cm from speaker, to record hands-free voice interaction conditions.
MainSpeakerMic	Main speaker mic - a head-worn AudioTechnica AT892c microphone used to record the main speaker in the recordings. This is the primary audio channel for most analyses of the data.
MaptaskRAMic	Maptask / RA mic - a head-worn AudioTechnica AT892c microphone used to record the research assistant.
RightC2Mic	Right C-2 mic - Behringer C-2 microphone. On table, ~60 cm from speaker, to record hands-free voice interaction conditions.
StrobeChannel	Strobe channel - contains GPIO sync signal for aligning recordings.