SIL FieldWorks
A suite of software tools to help language teams manage language and cultural data, with support for complex scripts.
- Introduction
- Tools
- Get FieldWorks
- Licensing and Support
- Development
Language projects begin with careful study of the language and culture of a community by:
- entering cultural and linguistic observations
- analyzing and capturing linguistic and cultural rules and precepts
- writing papers, including dictionaries and writeups of linguistic and cultural phenomena
FieldWorks is a set of software tools that help manage cultural and linguistic data from initial collection through submission for publication. A sampling of what FieldWorks supports:
- the Dictionary Development Process which defines an approach for building and refining a dictionary
- categorizing cultural observations using the Outline of Cultural Materials
- complex non-Roman scripts using Unicode and SIL-developed Graphite
- most writing systems (except vertical script at this time)
- limited multi-user capacity which opens the door to cluster project work over the Internet or a LAN
FieldWorks stores data in a common set of databases which allows for:
- integrated data
- integrated task work
- normalization of data
Tools
FieldWorks includes:
FieldWorks Bible Translators Edition (BTE) adds FieldWorks Translation Editor to the suite of tools, which can help a translator:
- carefully analyze Scripture texts and then transfer the concepts from the source language to the receptor language
- document translation problems and questions and consultant comments
- complete a back translation to evaluate the accuracy of the receptor translation
Get FieldWorks
FieldWorks 5.0 - Corporate Release
If you do not have the bandwidth to make downloading these files practical, you may order a CD-ROM that contains the FieldWorks files for the price of the media, shipping, and handling.
- Download SIL FieldWorks Standard
Edition, version 5.0
- For information on new features and known issues in this version,
you can download the ReadMes separately:
FieldWorks - Data Notebook - Language Explorer - WorldPad
- For information on new features and known issues in this version,
you can download the ReadMes separately:
- Download SIL FieldWorks
Bible Translators Edition, version 5.0
- For information on new features and known issues in this version,
you can download the ReadMes separately:
FieldWorks - Data Notebook - Language Explorer - Translation Editor - WorldPad
- For information on new features and known issues in this version,
you can download the ReadMes separately:
Licensing and Technical Support
SIL FieldWorks is available under the SIL Open Source License. Because this license is granted to the user for no cost, the user is not entitled to free technical support from SIL. Service Bulletins are posted for known problem fixes and patches.
FieldWorks Development
Materials are available for software developers and testers who might be interested in Alpha and Beta versions and open-source development.