Flexible multi-layer spoken dialogue corpora Sauer, Simon and Lüdeling, Anke,, 21, 419-438 (2016), doi = https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.21.3.06sau, publicationName = John Benjamins, issn = 1384-6655, abstract= This paper describes the construction of deeply annotated spoken dialogue corpora. To ensure a maximum of flexibility — in the degree of normalization, the types and formats of annotations, the possibilities for modifying and extending the corpus, or the use for research questions not originally anticipated — we propose a flexible multi-layer standoff architecture. We also take a closer look at the interoperability of tools and formats compatible with such an architecture. Free access to the corpus data through corpus queries, visualizations, and downloads — including documentation, metadata, and the original recordings — enables transparency, verifiability, and reproducibility of every step of interpretation throughout corpus construction and of any research findings obtained from this data., language=, type=