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Conceptual relationships: terminology and semantic networks
Terminology

Conceptual relationships: terminology and semantic networks

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February 12, 2020

Good, concept-based terminology management requires technical coordination, a clear definition and the standardised establishment of preferred terms. However, in order to fully grasp concepts, it is essential to understand and record the relationships to neighbouring concepts. Concept maps with concepts as nodes and relationships as lines are used to represent the relationships between concepts. But what does "relationship between concepts" actually mean and what conceptual relationships exist?

Publications Terminology

What are ontologies and if so, how many?

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July 26, 2018
In many projects we notice that the demand for ontologies in the terminology environment is increasing. But why actually? What are ontologies? How can terminology and ontology be combined? Do we need ontologies - and if so: one or more? We have addressed these questions in our article "The use of term systems in terminology management" in the current June issue of "edition - Die Fachzeitschrift für Terminologie".
Translators as Terminology Managers?
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Translators as Terminology Managers?

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January 12, 2015
A sustainable quality management via creation and maintenance of terminology databases plays an important role both in the composition of documents and its Translation.