DIN 19461: A National Standard for Derived Text Formats

Thorsten Trippel, Florian Barth, Jose Calvo Tello, Keli Du, Philippe Genêt, Daniel Kurzawe, Peter Leinen, Piroska Lendvai, Christof Schöch, Andreas Witt, Arden Zimmermann


Abstract
We present DIN 19461:2026-06 (E), a German draft national standard that defines categories, terminology, and process requirements for Derived Text Formats (DTFs) created from text documents in natural language. The standard specifies enrichment and information reduction operations, requirements for combining multiple DTFs, and documentation obligations for publication, archiving, and reuse. Its aim is to enable legally compliant sharing and analysis of texts–especially where copyright or data protection prevents distributing originals–while maintaining scientific utility and reproducibility through explicit process and parameter recording. We outline the scope, the key concepts, the four core reduction operations (retain, delete, replace, randomise), together with examples across token-, structure-, and vector-based DTFs, and implications for infrastructures (e.g., ISO 24622-based metadata). Finally, we discuss limitations, open questions (e.g., reconstruction risks with modern ML models), and next steps for adoption and maintenance.
Anthology ID:
2026.dtf-1.9
Volume:
Proceedings of Leveraging Derived Text Formats to Unlock Copyrighted Collections for Open Science (DTF) @ LREC 2026
Month:
June
Year:
2026
Address:
Palma, Mallorca (Spain)
Editors:
Florian Barth, Keli Du, José Calvo Tello, Philippe Genêt, Piroska Lendvai, Christof Schöch, Thorsten Trippel
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DTF | WS
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Publisher:
ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)
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Pages:
67–75
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External URL:
https://lrec.elra.info/lrec2026-ws-dtf-09
DOI:
10.63317/3u92avo9gg59
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Cite (ACL):
Thorsten Trippel, Florian Barth, Jose Calvo Tello, Keli Du, Philippe Genêt, Daniel Kurzawe, Peter Leinen, Piroska Lendvai, Christof Schöch, Andreas Witt, and Arden Zimmermann. 2026. DIN 19461: A National Standard for Derived Text Formats. In Proceedings of Leveraging Derived Text Formats to Unlock Copyrighted Collections for Open Science (DTF) @ LREC 2026, pages 67–75, Palma, Mallorca (Spain). ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).
Cite (Informal):
DIN 19461: A National Standard for Derived Text Formats (Trippel et al., DTF 2026)
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