Basic Suggestions for the Data Handling

[LinguList]

Hi @verenablaschke, here are some basic suggestions for your repo:

• make definite versions and update them on a yearly basis (git tag, etc.)
• provide data in tabular form, ideally with metadata, check csvw for this purpose, there is also a Python library csvw, which is the core of our way to handle data at Leipzig / Passau
• be aware that you are not allowed to use data by soundcomparisons in any way, the license is pretty clear in this regard, the question is, if it is worth to list resources that cannot be used for research
• If you list wordlists, such as soundcomparisons, there are many more datasets you do not list, particularly on Dutch dialects, and German dialects, but also major resources such as lexibank that serve as data aggregator and basic repository for standardization