> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ai4commsci.gitbook.io/formosanbank/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ai4commsci.gitbook.io/formosanbank/the-bank-architecture/developers.md).

# Developers

This section is dedicated to developers who wish to contribute to the project, build tools utilizing the data, or integrate FormosanBank resources into their own applications.

### What You'll Find in This Section

This section is designed to provide technical documentation, guidelines, and resources to help developers navigate and work with FormosanBank efficiently. Here’s what you can expect:

* **Data Access & API Usage** – Learn how to interact with the FormosanBank datasets, including retrieving, processing, and integrating data.
* **Codebase & Repository Structure** – Understand the structure of the FormosanBank repositories and how to contribute to the development.
* **Audio Processing & NLP** – Explore how to work with the provided audio and text corpora, including tools for transcription, speech synthesis, and natural language processing (NLP).
* **Machine Translation** – Learn how FormosanBank XML is converted into released parallel corpora and machine translation experiments.
* **QC Pipeline & Corpus Lifecycle** – Reference documentation for every quality-control script that validates, cleans, and measures the corpora ([QC Pipeline](/formosanbank/the-bank-architecture/developers/qc-pipeline.md)), plus the end-to-end workflows for [auditing](/formosanbank/the-bank-architecture/developers/running-an-audit.md) and [porting in](/formosanbank/the-bank-architecture/developers/porting-a-corpus.md) a new corpus and the [Claude skills](/formosanbank/the-bank-architecture/developers/using-the-claude-skills.md) that automate them.

Whether you're developing NLP applications, improving our database, or integrating FormosanBank into your own projects, this section will provide the resources you need to get started.


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