FAQ

The LDS has been thought to be a platform and a marketplace for language resources and services. Stakeholders will have easy access to data, but also have the possibility to monetise their own, to exchange best practices and insights and to find new partners or collaboration opportunities.

The European Language Data Space is the digital European marketplace for and around text, video and audio data in different languages.

The availability of high-quality data is crucial for the development of state-of-the-art language technologies. Sharing and re-using data in a legally compliant framework can contribute to the creation of a single data market, which will ensure Europe's global competitiveness and data sovereignty.

Only legal entities established in an EU member state are eligible to participate in the LDS marketplace. To apply for a membership in the LDS marketplace, your legal representative will have to fill in a dedicated application form.

Using the search function, you can find the datasets, tools and/or services made available by other participants in the LDS marketplace.

If you find a data product that suits your needs, the data owner can be contacted directly to negotiate access to the data product.

You can make data products available in the LDS marketplace by registering a description of the dataset and its specification. Before a data product can be published, a license must be applied.

Once all agreements with the data provider are met, you can download the data product in a secure and fast way by copying it on a peer-to-peer basis to your own LDS connector.

The LDS connector is a powerful tool designed to facilitate seamless, cross-platform and secure data exchange among the LDS marketplace members.