Chapter 17
Standard and standards in terminology
Concept, typology and justification
Article outline
- 1.Beginnings
- 2.Prior issues in terminology
- 3.The activity of standardisation in terminology
- 4.Organisation of standardisation in terminology
- 5.The results of international terminological standardisation:
Comments on TC 37’s standards
- 5.1Standards on the foundations and vocabulary of
terminology
- 5.2Standards on work methodology
- 5.3Standards on the representation (not necessarily digital) of
terminological data, and data associated with terminological
data
- 5.4Standards on digital formats for structuring terminological
data
- 5.5Standards on terminology integrated into the automàtic
processing of languages
- 6.Other concepts of terminology standardisation
- 6.1Standardisation with a conceptual basis and an international
scope
- 6.2Standardisation with a sociolinguistic basis and a national
or local scope
- 6.3Standardisation for development, with cultural and economic
bases
- 7.Some final reflections
- 7.1The different conception of the term ‘standard’ as applied to
terminology
- 7.2The (excessive) proliferation of terminology
standards
- 7.3The evolution of standards in conjunction with the evolution
of terminology as a discipline and its methodological
possibilities
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Notes