Gesture Database (GDB)
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Last update: 27-Feb-2001
The Gesture Database from the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen consists of the video recordings of speech and gestures that spontaneously accompany speech, and the annotations regarding gesture and speech in the recording. The recordings were made in different cultures, including the Netherlands, Italy, the USA, Japan, Turkey, Australian Aboriginal communities, Mexico, Belize, and Ghana. Speech events are recorded that elicits spontaneous gestures, such as narration of traditional stories and autobiographical stories, description of the local environment, and route direction.
Document data consists of the following two types:
NOTE: The following metadata elements are not official. The exact definitions are under development.
| Researcher Name | The name of the researcher who made the recording |
| Recording Date | The date of when the recording was taken |
| Project Name | The name of the project for which the recording was made |
| Video Identifier | A unique identifier corresponding to the actual video tape on which the recording was made |
| Start Position | Start position of video fragment |
| End Position | End position of video fragment |
| Participant's Abbreviation | A unique abbreviation of the participant's name (identifier?) |
| Participant's Name | The participant's name |
| Filesize | The size of the digital recording |
| Backup Tape Identifier | A unique identifier corresponding to the tape which was used to backup the original recording |
| Backup Date | The date of when the backup was made |
| Backup Comments | Any comments concerning the backup process |