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1. Introduction — Overview

• 1.1. Overview
  • 1.1.1. Navigating the Course
  • 1.1.2. Course Introduction
  • 1.1.3. Basic Concepts and Best Practices
• 1.2. Terminology
  • 1.2.1. Introduction — Terminology
  • 1.2.2. What is Terminology?
  • 1.2.3. Purposes and Benefits
  • 1.2.4. Term versus Word
  • 1.2.5. Simple Terms and Complex Terms
  • 1.2.6. Comparative and Monolingual Terminology
  • 1.2.7. Key Points
• 1.3. Activities
  • 1.3.1. Introduction — Activities
  • 1.3.2. The Terminology Manager’s Role
  • 1.3.3. Term Extraction
  • 1.3.4. Term Research versus Vocabulary Research
  • 1.3.5. Terminology Case Files
  • 1.3.6. Standardization Committees
  • 1.3.7. Terminology Records
  • 1.3.8. Content Management
  • 1.3.9. Products
  • 1.3.10. Key Points
• 1.4. Products
  • 1.4.1. Introduction — Products
  • 1.4.2. Publications
  • 1.4.3. Terminology Databases
  • 1.4.4. Terminology Standards
  • 1.4.5. Key Points
• 1.5. Summary — Overview

2. Terminology Research Principles

• 2.1. Research Principles
  • 2.1.1. Introduction — Research Principles
  • 2.1.2. Guiding Principles of Terminology Research
• 2.2. Knowledge Organization and Subject-field Classification
  • 2.2.1. Introduction — Knowledge Organization and Subject-field Classification
  • 2.2.2. Knowledge Structures
  • 2.2.3. Subject-field Classification Systems
  • 2.2.4. Primary Subject-field Identification
  • 2.2.5. Key Points
• 2.3. Extraction of Knowledge from Specialized Sources
  • 2.3.1. Introduction — Extraction of Knowledge from Specialized Sources
  • 2.3.2. Sources in Terminology Research
  • 2.3.3. Content Analysis of Written Information
  • 2.3.4. Authentication of Oral and Written Information
  • 2.3.5. Selection and Evaluation of Documentation
  • 2.3.6. Key Points
• 2.4. Concepts and Concept Relationships
  • 2.4.1. Introduction — Concepts and Concept Relationships
  • 2.4.2. Concepts and semantic Features
  • 2.4.3. Concept Relationships
  • 2.4.4. Hierarchical Relationships
  • 2.4.5. Non-Hierarchical Relationships (Associative Networks)
  • 2.4.6. Key Points
• 2.5. Term Creation and Terminological Relationships
  • 2.5.1. Introduction — Term Creation and Terminological Relationships
  • 2.5.2. Recognition of Terminological Units
  • 2.5.3. Stability of the Concept-Term Link
  • 2.5.4. Term Creation
  • 2.5.5. Term Relationships
  • 2.5.6. Phraseology/Co-occurents
  • 2.5.7. Key Points
• 2.6. Summary — Research Principles

3. Methodology for Creating Terminology Records

• 3.1. Introduction — Methodology for Creating Terminology Records
• 3.2. Delimiting and Structuring the Subject Field
  • 3.2.1. Introduction — Delimiting and Structuring the Subject Field
  • 3.2.2. Subject-Field Classification
  • 3.2.3. Identifying and Evaluating Specialized Documentation in Your Field
  • 3.2.4. Key Points
• 3.3. Finding and Compiling Terms
  • 3.3.1. Introduction — Finding and Compiling Terms
  • 3.3.2. Conceptual Analysis
  • 3.3.3. Scanning for Terms
  • 3.3.4. Establishing a Monolingual Base List
  • 3.3.5. Compiling Term extraction Results
  • 3.3.6. Key Points
• 3.4. Creating Records
  • 3.4.1. Introduction — Creating Records
  • 3.4.2. Entering Terms on Records
  • 3.4.3. Creating Multilingual Records
  • 3.4.4. Key Points
• 3.5. Selecting Textual Supports
  • 3.5.1. Introduction — Selecting Textual Supports
  • 3.5.2. Types of Textual Supports and Differences
  • 3.5.3. Elements of Good Definitions
  • 3.5.4. Methods of Definition
  • 3.5.5. Writing Definitions
  • 3.5.6. Elements of Good Contexts
  • 3.5.7. Elements of Good Observations
  • 3.5.8. Elements of Good Phraseologisms
  • 3.5.9. Key Points
• 3.6. Usage Labels and Other Record Elements
  • 3.6.1. Introduction — Usage Labels and Other Record Elements
  • 3.6.2. Usage Labels
  • 3.6.3. Types of Usage Labels
  • 3.6.4. Gender
  • 3.6.5. Parts of Speech
  • 3.6.6. Other Elements
  • 3.6.7. Key Points
• 3.7. Managing Terminology Records
  • 3.7.1. Introduction — Managing Terminology Records
  • 3.7.2. What You Do With Records
  • 3.7.3. Key Points
• 3.8. Summmary — Methodology for Creating Terminology Records

4. Tools

• 4.1. Introduction — Tools
• 4.2. Documentary Search Tools
  • 4.2.1. Introduction — Documentary Search Tools
  • 4.2.2. Libraries
  • 4.2.3. Virtual Library/Documentary Databases
  • 4.2.4. Discussion Groups
  • 4.2.5. Online Search Services
  • 4.2.6. Bibliographic References
  • 4.2.7. Key Points
• 4.3. Data Recording Tools
  • 4.3.1. Introduction — Data Recording Tools
  • 4.3.2. Applications for the Terminologist’s Workstation
  • 4.3.3. Paper and Pencil
  • 4.3.4. Spreadsheets and Tables
  • 4.3.5. Key Points
• 4.4. Terminology Research Tools
  • 4.4.1. Introduction — Terminology Research Tools
  • 4.4.2. Terminology Databases
  • 4.4.3. Search Engines
  • 4.4.4. User Networks/Discussion Groups
  • 4.4.5. Key Points
• 4.5. Terminology Data Management Tools
  • 4.5.1. Introduction — Terminology Data Management Tools
  • 4.5.2. Terminological Data Storage Software
  • 4.5.3. Multilingual Database Management Systems
  • 4.5.4. Terminology Database Managers
  • 4.5.5. Terminology File Managers
  • 4.5.6. Database Management Systems (DBMS)
  • 4.5.7. Virtual Compartments
  • 4.5.8. Which Method Should You Use?
  • 4.5.9. Key Points
• 4.6. Terminology Extraction Tools
  • 4.6.1. Introduction — Terminology Extraction Tools
  • 4.6.2. Paper and Highlighter
  • 4.6.3. Term-Extraction Tools
  • 4.6.4. Macros
  • 4.6.5. Key Points
• 4.7. Corpus Search Tools
  • 4.7.1. Introduction — Corpus Search Tools
  • 4.7.2. Electronic Texts and OCR
  • 4.7.3. Text Alignment
  • 4.7.4. Concordancers
  • 4.7.5. Translation Memory
  • 4.7.6. Key Points
• 4.8. Terminology Publication Tools
  • 4.8.1. Introduction — Terminology Publication Tools
  • 4.8.2. Desktop Publishing Software
  • 4.8.3. Criteria
  • 4.8.4. Formats
  • 4.8.5. Key Points
• 4.9. Terminology and the Language Industries
  • 4.9.1. Introduction — Terminology and the Language Industries
  • 4.9.2. Localization and Internationalization
  • 4.9.3. Sites for Exchange
  • 4.9.4. Joint Actions/Exchange Standards
  • 4.9.5. What is Going on Today?
  • 4.9.6. What is Pertinent for Terminology?
  • 4.9.7. Who Else Benefits from Terminology?
  • 4.9.8. Training and Development
  • 4.9.9. Key Points
• 4.10. Summary — Tools

5. Standardization

• 5.1. Introduction — Standardization
• 5.2. Definition and Types of Terminology Standardization
  • 5.2.1. Introduction — Definition and Types of Terminology Standardization
  • 5.2.2. What is Standardization?
  • 5.2.3. Technical versus Terminology Standards
  • 5.2.4. Major International Players
  • 5.2.5. Major Regional Players
  • 5.2.6. Major National Players
  • 5.2.7. Major Professional Standardizers
  • 5.2.8. Standardization by Consensus, by Ballot and by Decree
  • 5.2.9. Harmonization and Officialization
  • 5.2.10. Language Management versus Language Planning
  • 5.2.11. Multilingual versus Monolingual Standards
  • 5.2.12. Exercises
  • 5.2.13. Key Points
• 5.3. Project Management in Terminology Standardization
  • 5.3.1. Introduction — Project Management in Terminology Standardization
  • 5.3.2. Defining the Project
  • 5.3.3. Organizing the Project Team
  • 5.3.4. Managing the Workflow
  • 5.3.5. Reviewing the Data
  • 5.3.6. Reviewing the Project and Reporting
  • 5.3.7. Exercises
  • 5.3.8. Key Points
• 5.4. The Work of a Standardization Committee
  • 5.4.1. Introduction — The Work of a Standardization Committee
  • 5.4.2. Committee Duties
  • 5.4.3. Why Develop a Terminology Standard?
  • 5.4.4. Who Develops a Terminology Standard?
  • 5.4.5. How Standards are Developed
  • 5.4.6. Where and When Standardization is Carried Out
  • 5.4.7. Key Points
• 5.5. Standardization Products and their Specifications
  • 5.5.1. Introduction — Standardization Products and their Specifications
  • 5.5.2. Term Lists
  • 5.5.3. Vocabularies and Glossaries
  • 5.5.4. Standards Databases
  • 5.5.5. Minimal Specifications
  • 5.5.6. Exercises
  • 5.5.7. Key Points
• 5.6. Standards Dissemination and Implementation
  • 5.6.1. Introduction — Standards Dissemination and Implementation
  • 5.6.2. Draft and Published Standards versus Electronic and Online Dissemination
  • 5.6.3. Institutional Implementation and Conformity Verification
  • 5.6.4. Exercises
  • 5.6.5. Key Points
• 5.7. Periodic Updating and Localization of Existing Standards
  • 5.7.1. Introduction — Periodic Updating and Localization of Existing Standards
  • 5.7.2. Periodicity of Updating
  • 5.7.3. Translation versus Localization
  • 5.7.4. Exercises
  • 5.7.5. Key Points
• 5.8. Summary — Standardization

6. Supporting Documentation

• 6.1. Resources
  • 6.1.1. Standardization Organization Sites
  • 6.1.2. Terminology Management Tools
  • 6.1.3. Search Engine Sites
  • 6.1.4. Translation Bureau Publications
• 6.2. Bibliography