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doi.o g/10.35321/ e m-0226
E alua ion Sys em o Online
Te minological Da abases
DÓRA MÁRIA TAMÁS
Hunga ian O ice o T ansla ion and A es a ion L d.,
Te mik Te minology Resea ch G oup a Ká oli Gáspá Uni e si y
o he Re o med Chu ch o Hunga y
ESZTER SERMANN
Uni e si y o Szeged, Te mik Te minology Resea ch G oup a
Ká oli Gáspá Uni e si y o he Re o med Chu ch o Hunga y
AbST AcT
This pape a emp s o c ea e an ex ensi e classi ica ion and e alua ion sys em
o o e objec i e iewpoin s o he comp ehension, desc ip ion, classi ica ion,
e alua ion and e iew o cen al online e mbases o la ge o ganisa ions. Such a
comp ehensi e classi ica ion al eady exis s o lexicog aphical gen es, i.e. p in ed
and online dic iona ies, bu i is s ill missing o online e mbases. The esea ch is
based on p e ious in e na ional and Hunga ian li e a u e, he s udy o se e al
online examples, o exis ing pa ial classi ica ions and ou p e ious esea ch. The
expe imen al ca ego isa ion wi h a schema ic e sion in he appendix o e s a
con ibu ion o a deepe comp ehension, he possibili y o a ho ough desc ip ion
and mo e a en i e e alua ion, and ul ima ely, a g owing awa eness o he use o
online e mbases. P o iding a new insigh may also inspi e he de elopmen o hese
bene icial ools which acili a e communica ion in he ield o specialised languages.
Keywo ds: ansla ion ools, e minological da abase, e alua ion sys em, concep
o ien a ion, da a ca ego ies.
AnOTAcijA
El a ículo p e ende p opo ciona omnip esen e sis ema de clasi icación y
e aluación, que ue a un ma co obje i o con obje o de en ende , desc ibi ,
clasi ica , e alua y e isión más impo an es bases de é minos online de
o ganizaciones más g andes. Tokios isapusiškos leksikog a inių žan ų, . y. p usdin ų y onlineinių žodynų, klasi-
2Te minología | 2019 | 26 ikaciones ya exis e, sin emba go a las bases de é minos online
aplicadas clasi icaciónciones no. El es udio basado basado en Veng ía y en o os países
publicada li e a u a, a ios ejemplos online y po ción de clasi icación análisis, au o es
ealizados es udios. La di isión expe imen al en ca ego ías aplicando el esquema
p esen ado anexo del a ículo pe mi e comp ende mejo , desc ibi más
de alladamen e y e alua más cuidadosamen e la impo ancia de usa kiomi base. Los
in e ne inėmis e minų bazėmis ypa umus, pagaliau – su ok i naudojimosi o-
nue os insigh s pueden impulsa es as medidas acili ado as de la comunicación en el
ámbi o de lenguas especializadas a mejo a . palab as esenciales: ansc ipción
ins umen os, e minos base, sis ema de e aluación, o ien aciónis en concep o,
ca ego ías de da os.
inT ODUcTiOn
Today online e mbases ha e become e ec i e and almos indispensable
ools o accu a e p o essional communica ion and e m usage. The
e mbase is a gen e belonging o e minology as an applied linguis ics
discipline, and has unique ea u es ega ding i s s uc u e and con en .
“Te minologyˮ is used in h ee senses ( heo y, me hodology and collec-
ion o e ms), i s cen al ca ego y is he concep , and he e o e i has a
concep -o ien ed app oach (Bessé e al. 1997; Fó is 2005). This can be seen in
all h ee a eas o e minology: in heo e ical esea ch, in me hods and
used o analyse e ms o concep ual compa isons, and o ganising da a
e ms in e mbases (Tamás 2018).
Aunque e mbases ha e some common ea u es, hey ha e been c ea ed o
di e en pu poses (e.g. language policy, company pu poses, o as pa o he
wo k o in e na ional o ganisa ions), hey con ain concep s ences. This is
o di e en subjec ields (e.g. legal, economic, medical e c.) and a di -
e en le els o de ail, so i is easy o see ha hey p esen many di e -
why i is no simple o c ea e a gene ally accep ed e alua ion sys em ha
co e s all aspec s.
A e su eying he ele an li e a u e, his pape aims o o e a
en a i e sys em o examining and e alua ing la ge online cen al
da abases acco ding o ela i ely objec i e and comp ehensi e c i e ia.
The e alua ion c i e ia de eloped o p in ed and elec onic dic iona ies
(Fó is, Rihme 2007; Gaál 2012) o med he basis o ou e alua ion sys em.
Dic iona ies ha e a di e en app oach as o p inciples o compila ion and
use in e ace, he e o e new c i e ia o c i e ia illed wi h new con en
a e necessa y o s udying and e alua ing e mbases.
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1. LITERATURE REVIEW in ou p e ious s udies we ha e c ea ed a de ini ion
o e minology da abases, which p oposed ha a e mbase is a collec ion
o elec onically s o ed e minology da a, c ea ed om an onomasiological
app oach, based on mapping he concep ual sys em o he subjec ield. i
con ains e ms and hei de ini ions o one o se e al subjec ields in one
o mo e languages (Se mann, Tamás 2010: 113). Como we obse ado, in he
ele an in e na ional li e a u e he e ms e minological da abank and
da abase a e o en used as synonyms (e.g. Ha mann, James 1998), howe e
in a ious s udies da abank is conside ed as a wide concep ha includes
da abases (e.g. Cab é 1998; Sage 1990). Based on ISOs de ini ion, i is a
da abase con aining e minological da a collec ion
(h ps:// bs.isolu ions.iso.o g/obp/ui#: e m:3.29). We ha e compa ed he
cha ac e is ics o e mbases and hose o elec onic dic iona ies
(Se mann, Tamás 2010) and ha e concluded ha elec onic dic iona ies and
e mbases ha e some iden ical ea u es and also some di e ences, he
la e being summa ised in Table 1.
Table 1. Table summa ising he ea u es o online elec onic dic iona ies and e mbases
(Tamás 2014: 139; based on Se mann, Tamás 2013)
OnlinE ElEcT Onic
DicTiOnA y TE MbASE semasiological p inciples onomasiological p inciples
cen al elemen : he wo d o linguis ic cen al elemen : he concep
which is sign designa ed by he e m and exp essed in he de ini ion lis s
ex a in o ma ion: e.g.: p onuncia ion (speake icon), in o ma ion on he
meanings ende s da a o he concep ( he de ini ion) ex a in o ma ion:
le el o equi alence example sen ences aken om he ( ull, pa ial o
lack o equi alence), and con ex dic iona y, conjuga ion on he
equi alen p o ided ( e m, unco s ional equi alen , e m candida e,
s anda dised, ha monised, ecommended)
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on he con en (mega-, mac o-, mic o- and mesos uc u e), con en ele-
and da a o dic iona y usage. The megas uc u e o a dic iona y e e s o
he p esence o lack o quali y o he on ma e ( o ewo d, con en s,
ins uc ion) and he sou ces used; he mac os uc u e is he o ganisa ion o
lexical s uc u e o lexical en ies; and he mesos uc u e is he sys em o
en ies (e.g. alphabe ical o hema ic); he mic os uc u e is he inside
c oss e e ences.
Los c i e ios de e aluación o elec onic dic iona ies (Gaál 2012) con ienen
elemen os o ma ch he ea u es o he e e ence ool, and hese include he
echnical pa ame e s o he dic iona y, i s embeddedness, he ea u es o
he sea ch engine and he displaying o esul s. Table 2. main e alua ion
c i e ia o p in ed and elec onic dic iona ies (Fó is, Rihme 2007; Fó is 2018;
Gaál 2012)
P inTED DicTiOnA iES
(FóRIS, RIHmER 2007; FóRIS 2018) (GAáL
ElEcT Onic DicTiOnA iES
2012) mega-, mac o-, mic oand
backg ound in o ma ion backg ound in o ma ion
S uc u al in o ma ion on he con en :
mesos uc u e mega-, mac o-,
S uc u al in o ma ion on con en :
mic oand mesos uc u e, no el ies:
echnical pa ame e s, embeddedness,
p ice, ea u es o he sea ch engine
and esul s.
in o ma ion on he con en :
con en : phonolg amma and
phonology, in o ma ion on he
seman ics ogy, g amma and
seman ics, no el ies: audio iles
Da a on dic iona y use: usabili y, access,
inno a i e ea u es and wide social
Da a on dic iona y use: usabili y,
alue access, inno a i e ea u es and
wide alue no el ies: use iendliness,
upda es and eliabili y
Some pape s (Tamás 2010, 2014; Se mann 2011; No ák 2018) desc ibed speci ic
e mbases, o he s c ea ed a ious classi ica ions and e alua ion sys ems
(Sage 1990; A n z e al. 2014; Tamás 2014; Schmi z, D ewe 2017), bu hese
a e no sui able o comp ehensi e analysis in educa ion, he aining o
ansla o s o w i ing e iews. in his pape we use he ollowing
classi ica ion sys em o da abases ( ea Table 3):
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Table 3. a en a i e classi ica ion o e mbases (based on Tamás 2014: 111)
TypE OF
TE MbASE
cOncEPT
O iEnTED
TE M
AUTONOMy
nUMbE
OF DATA FIELDS (Te mbase O iEnTED AUTONOMy OF DATA FIELDS) es el nomb e dado a los campos de da os que se encuen an den o de la base de da os.
SiMPlE necessa ily
no cable (o wi h
minimum some hyb id
u es) lis ) subjec
applino necessa ily
applicable
eablings o a wo d
ield)
hei numbe does
( esem each he
(e.g. only e m and
T ADiTiOnAl necesa iamen e
numbe o cable da a ields
appliapplicable adi ional
p esen , a de ini ion in a leas
one language cOMPlEX
necesa iamen e appliapplicable
adi ional numbe o
(some imes called
knowledge base o
e minology
(concep
cable da a ields
p esen , and
u he pieces o
inknowledge
o ma ion sys em maps, co po a)
Acco ding o he abo e classi ica ion e.g. he Te min
(h ps://jogi- e minologia.im.go .hu/), he e mbase o he Minis y o
jus ice o Hunga y, belongs o he ca ego y o simple e mbases. i has
en ies in ou languages (Hunga ian, English, F ench, Ge man), in a simple,
able o ma . i con iene in o ma ion on he domain and subdomain, wi h
occasional explana ions added ecen ly (including: sou ce, de ini ion, example
sen ences), bu does no ea u e any o he da a ield, and he en y does
no ma k a main e m (which would be impo an o e m au onomy) only
showing one e sion. In i s p esen o m, he UNTERm (Uni ed na ions
Mul ilingual Te minology Da abase, h p://un e mpo al.un.o g), also belongs
o his ca ego y. This in e ins i u ional da abase was made public in 2014,
and only o e s a limi ed amoun o in o ma ion on e ms. EU OTE MbAnK, a
da abase c ea ed on an EU ini ia i e o acili a e he accession o new
membe s a es om 2004, also had jus a ew da a ca ego ies (e.g. e m
ype, g amma ical pa o speech, collec ion, domain, edi o s)
(h ps://www.eu o e mbank.com) and in i s new e sion con ains collec ions
o di e en domains. Ano he simple da abase is Euskal e m, c ea ed by
he Basque Cen e o Te minology and Lexicog aphy (UZEI)
(h p://www.euskadi.eus/euskal e m/). The Cen e me ged hei p e iously
published e minological dic iona ies o c ea e he da abase in 1987, and in
2001 decla ed i o be he basque na ional e mbase. i s s uc u e (su es uc u a)

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esembles a wo d lis , some da a shee s lack a de ini ion, bu all o hem
and he yea o eco ding
he da a ( o de ails see Se mann 2013). The exis ence o hese e mbas-
es is o en gap- illing, o i al impo ance and g ea alue, especially o
mino languages.
The adi ional ype o e mbases include he bis o (No ák 2013; Tamás
2013), which is a e minology da abase ini ia ed by bolzano, an au ono-
mous coun y, and main ained by he EURAC Resea ch Cen e (h p://
www.eu ac.edu/en/ esea ch/au onomies/commul/Pages/de aul .aspx). The
da abase con ains legal and public adminis a ion e ms in I alian, Ge man and
Ladin (h p://bis osea ch.eu ac.edu/). The en ies a e de ailed, con ain
se e al da a ca ego ies, p o ide a de ini ion in a leas one language, and he
esul s o a sea ch a e shown in such a way ha concep s a e displayed
sepa adamen e. One o he oldes da abases is he Swiss Te mda
(www. e mda .ch), which was es ablished in 1987 and has simila ea u es
(No ák, Tamás 2013). The e mbase o he EU, IATE (h ps://ia e.eu opa.
eu/home) also belongs o his ca ego y, bu in his da abase de ini ions can be
subs i u ed by con ex s. The Se bian da abase p omo ing Se bias accession
o he EU, E onim (h p://p e odjenje.mei.go . s/e onim/
index.php?jezik=engl) also has mos ly ea u es o a adi ional e mbase. The
SApTe m (www.sap e m.com) has a use in e ace ha shows some new
ea u es oo, and also belongs he e ( ea Tamás 2015) (h p://www. eu ac.edu).
ce ca e m, he e mbase o he ca alan cen e o e minology (TERmCAT)
can also be ega ded as a adi ional e minology da abase
(h ps://www. e mca .ca ca/ce ca e m). i s main language is ca alan, and i
shows equi alen s in Spanish, F ench, English and I alian. En ies con ain he
de ini ion o he concep , a e m in ca alan, i s g amma ical ca ego y and
some o he language equi alen s. complex e mbases en ail concep maps and
co po a as well. One example is he Eohs e m knowledge base
(www.eohs e m.o g) (Tamás 2010), which con ains a concep map and he
aligned ex s o he analysed laws as well, bu has no been upda ed since i s
c ea ion. WIpO pea l (h ps:// www.wipo.in ), he e mbase o he UN Wo ld
In ellec ual p ope y O ganisa ion, is an excellen example o using a concep
map. i con ains da a in en languages, and e ms can be sea ched using he
linguis ic sea ch o he concep map sea ch. in addi ion, in case o a no ye
wo ked ou e m, one can ind he esul s o machine ansla ion wi h
indica ion.
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We ha e ied o analyse a wide ange o e mbases, al oge he 17 e mbases,
al hough i could be comple ed by ools a ailable in ce ain a eas, like Russia o
Asia ( o ins ance China). i is impo an o bea in mind ha his e alua ion
sys em conce ns he use in e aces o la ge cen al online da abases, and
does no en ail he s udy o e mbanks c ea ed by e minologis s s.
ansla o s, he indi idc ea e hese, he analysis he eo and he
ual ile o e en he se e based e mbases, a desc ip ion o he s eps o
desc ip ion o complex e minology managemen sys ems (A n z e al. 2014;
Bowke 2015: 307; D ewe alise hei e alua ion c i e ia o mo e gene al
e al. 2014; Schmi z, D ewe 2017). The abo e men ioned publica ions
ook he needs o e e yday use as hei s a ing poin and did no gene -
esea ch pu poses.
2.EVALUATION SYSTEm FOR ONLINE
TERmINOLOGICAL DATABASES
2.1. Backg ound in o ma ion on cen al e mbases
The s udy o he gene al backg ound o a da abase may s a ou om a
e iew o he e mbases o he gi en domain. P e ious e sions may e eal
he his o ical backg ound o he e mbase, and i i has a p edeces- (1990:
so ( o example as in he case o EURODICAUTOm and i s successo
IATE). This can be s udied om a ious aspec s. Fo example, Sage
165167) looks a echnological ad ancemen and dis inguis i s gene a ion
e mbases (wo d o ien ed, designed o in e nal use, om he 1970s) and
second gene a ion e mbases ( ha appea ed in he 1980s, when he
echnological de elopmen enabled concep o ien a ion and e m au onomy o
ake place).
Ano he c i e ion would be i he e mbase has a connec ion wi h o he
e mbases: due o ins i u ional backg ound, da a could be ans e ed
wi hin he o ganisa ion, he e could be sub-cen es ( ea he
in e -ins i u ional da abase o he EU, he IATE; Te mda , UNTERm). A
u he c i e ion o he s udy o he gene al backg ound could be he
classi ica ion o he da abase based on sub ields o e minology (language
policy, ansla ion and s anda disa ion). in some cases he da abase is c e-
a ed unde go e nmen al supe ision o ul il he pu poses o language
policy (such as bis o, Te mda , Te mium plus,Ca Te m). In o he cases
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ool (e.g. IATE), o he e ms c ea ed du ing he s anda disa ion p ocess a e
made public in he e mbase (e.g. DINTe m; h ps://www.din.de). O en, bases de
da os a e mul i-pu pose and hey se e a ious unc ions a he same ime.
When desc ibing he immedia e backg ound o he e mbase, we may
sc u inise he ea u es o he o ganisa ion ha p oduced he da abase: i s
ype, backg ound, na ional o in e na ional scope, domains and a ailable
unding. One c i e ion could be whe he he o ganisa ion ha c ea ed he
da abase is one o he ypical g oups ha usually c ea e e mbases (Tamás
2019a: 267):
o ganizaciones in e nacionales (UN UNTERm, UN WIpO Wipo pea l,
EU IATE, Eu o e mbank);
public adminis a i e bodies (Fede al Chancelle y o Swi ze land Te m da ,
Hunga ian minis y o Jus ice Te min); esea ch ins i u es and uni e si ies
(EURAC Resea ch bis o); ansla ion agencies ( he Canadian T ansla ion Bu eau
Te mium plus). The nex s ep could be o s udy he a ge audience o he
da abase (na i e speake s, speake s ha ing a majo i y o mino i y s a us,
ansla o s o expe s o a speci ic domain, e.g. enginee s, lawye s, doc o s
e c.). Además, based on he in ended pu pose o he da abase, e mbases may
be dis inguished on he basis o hei desc ip i e ea u es o in o ma i e
na u e and p esc ip i eness o no malising na u e (Tamás 2019b: 110).
2.2. Technical pa ame e s o a e mbase
Pa áme os écnicos incluyen aquellos que son accesibles o iewe s, i.e.
he use in e ace, and do no include hose ha equi e knowledge abou
he in e nal s uc u e o he da abase o he backg ound o i s c ea ion, a
menos que se publican de o o modo. being amilia wi h he in e nal
s uc u e o he da abase, we can decide whe he he e mbase ul ils he
hie a chical h ee- old s uc u e equi ed by he e minological app oach
(en y le el language le el e m le el); o i i has a s uc u e o a da abase
ne wo k, a simple da abase o a ela ional da abase (Se mann, Tamás 2010).
We also need he backg ound in o ma ion o de e mine he he da a is
ex en o which he ull da a con en o he e mbase is accessible, o i
s o ed in one o mo e da a eposi o ies, and in wha way. la ge cen al online
da abases usually ha e hei own bespoke way o displaying he con en .
Howe e , he e may be hyb id solu ions, e.g. he
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bis o e mbase o Sou h Ty ol, whe e he de ailed in o ma ion s o ed in he
SDl T ados Mul i e m so wa e may also be accessed behind he use in e ace.
S a ing om his yea , he Ve wal ungsglossa (h ps://
www.sp ach essou cen.a / e wal ungsglossa /), c ea ed in coope a ion wi h
he Uni e si y o Vienna and con aining 700 e ms can al eady be accessed in
Excel, TbX and pd o ma , in SDl T ados Mul i e m ile o ma and h ough he
online Quick Te m so wa e, and, wha is mo e, also in he o m o an app. O he
da abases allow use s o download some o hei con en ( e Download IATE:
h ps://ia e.eu opa.eu/home). Las bases de da os a e becoming mo e mode n and
echnologically sophis ica ed, and may allow wipopea lnews2019/news_0003.h ml).
use s o access he da a using a ious de ices, o ins ance a sma phone
o able in he case o WIpO pea l (h ps://www.wipo.in / e e ence/en/
2.3. In o ma ion on he con en o he e mbase
2.3.1. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DATABASE (FUNCIONES GENERALES DE LA DATABASE) Es e es el caso de las bases de da os que se encuen an en el ámbi o de aplicación de la Di ec i a.
Pa a el p opósi o de es udia las ca ac e ís icas gene ales de e mbases,
las hemos ag upado ela i as a la aplicabilidad del en oque e minológico and
he s uc u e o da abases en dos: one g oup o he mo e gene al, main
ea u es and one o he mo e de ailed and speci ic ones. in he i s g oup
we s a ed wi h analysing whe he he linguis ic da a ha e been eco ded in
he da abase keeping he concep -o ien ed app oach in mind. in some cases
we migh wi ness he semasiological app oach (based on he wo d o
linguis ic sign) being mixed wi h he concep -o ien ed app oach, and as a
consequence e m au onomy is no ully obse ed o lexicog aphical ools
a e added (see he wo d lis cha ac e is ics o EU OTE MbAnK o he
addi ional lis o dic iona ies on he websi e o he SAPTe m o Te mium
Plus da abase o u he pu poses, bu no cons i u ing pa o he
e mbase) (see also Se mann, Tamás 2013; Tamás 2015). The Te mium plus
e mbase does no o e a sepa a e hi lis wi h he indica ion o domains
as a s epping s one, bu he abo e we can dis inguish be ween pu ely
o e s a da a shee con aining eco d 1, eco d 2 and so on. based on
onomasiological e mbases and e mbases ha ha e some kinds o
semasiological ea u es as well in hei make-up.
9Te minologija | 2019 | 26 in addi ion, hese ea u es a e closely ela ed o each
o he , and o en ha d o sepa a e (such as edi ing p inciples, documen a ion,
eliabili y and quali y). in line wi h he abo e we ha e encoun e ed wo kinds o
di icul ies: on he one hand, he common ea u es a e less ob ious han in he
case o dic iona ies, and on he o he hand some ea u es belong o mo e han
one c i e ion. The applica ion o he se o c i e ia o ocabula ies has
e ealed he di e ences be ween he gen es o hese ansla ion ools o
lexicog aphy and e minology and he main cha ac e is ics o e mbases alike.
None heless, he analysis can be conside ed as concluded. Wi h a u he
speci ica ion o e alua ion c i e ia, a possible de elopmen o a mo e e iden
s uc u e on online su aces and he necessa y e olu ion o e ime o
e mbases, i will be possible o wo k ou a mo e speci ic desc ip ion.
S ill, we belie e ha his e alua ion sys em can be use ul o ob aining a
mo e ho ough unde s anding and mo e conscious use o hese ools in
educa ion, when w i ing e iews and o ansla o s alike, as al eady
e ealed in he case o ocabula ies. Applying his e alua ion sys em
s epby-s ep, he use migh disco e new unc ions o he ool. i also helps
use s o m and sha e an objec i e expe opinion o e mbases bo h o ally
and in he o m o e iews. As we ha e emphasised a he beginning o he
pape , his e alua ion sys em is mean o be en a i e. We hope ha i s
comp ehensi e na u e o ou analysis migh e en inspi e de elope s. The
gen e o e mbases i sel is closely linked o p ac ical equi emen s,
howe e i also enables c ea i i y.
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EVALUATION SySTEm FOR ONLINE
TERmINOLOGICAL DATABASES
I. Backg ound in o ma ion on cen al e mbases
A) GENERAL BACKGROUND
1. A su ey o he e mbases a he gi en domain:
his o ical backg ound, da e o c ea ion, e olu ion, newly
implemen ed o imp o ed e sion o a o me da abase; diach onic
( o me e sions) o synch onic desc ip ion; ela ionship wi h
o he e mbases wi hin o ou side he o ganisa ion.
2. G ouping based on aim:
language policy and e minology policy aims;
ansla ion-o ien ed e mbase;
s anda disa ion pu poses.
B) IMEDIATE BACKGROUND
1. The cha ac e is ics o he o ganisa ion ha p oduced he e mbase:
he backg ound o he o ganisa ion, whe he i has a na ional o
in e na ional scope, domain, unding and ype o o ganisa ion:
in e na ional o ganisa ion, public adminis a i e agency, esea ch
ins i u e, uni e si y, ansla ion agency.
2. Ta ge use s:
na i e speake s, speake s ha ing a majo i y o mino i y s a us;
ansla o s;
expe s o a speci ic domain, e.g. enginee s, lawye s, doc o s e c.
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3. in ended pu pose:
desc ip i eness;
p esc ip i eness.
II. Technical pa ame e s o a e mbase
A) THE SOFTWARE
bespoke;
híb ido;
comme cially a ailable.
B) ACCESSIBILITY OF THE TERmBASE
open o es ic ed;
downloading o da a allowed, suppo ed pla o ms (e.g. sma phone,
able ).
III. La Comisión conside a que las medidas
adop adas po el Es ado miemb o no cons i uyen ayuda es a al en el sen ido del a ículo 107, apa ado 1, del T a ado. In o ma ion on he con en o he e mbase A) GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DATABASE (A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A) A
1. concep o ien ed:
pu ely onomasiological app oach; hyb id app oach, con aining
semasiological elemen s as well.
2. Simple, adi ional o complex e mbases:
numbe o s uc u al elemen s ( e mbase, concep map, co pus);
le el o de ail in en ies: ype and numbe o da a ca ego ies. B)
DETAILED STRUCTURE OF THE DATABASE (Es uc u a de allada de la base de da os)
1. A he le el co esponding o megas uc u e:
di ec ions o use and o he o ms o help: o um, cha se ice o
use s acing di icul ies;
a ailabili y o copy igh ;
in o ma ion on he numbe o concep s/en ies and e ms;
numbe o languages: monolingual, bilingual, mul ilingual;
numbe o domains and sub-domains.
2. A he le el co esponding o mac os uc u e:
sea ch op ions: simple o ad anced o e ms, in he domain,
subdomain, o wo d agmen s; linguis ic sea ch only o
concep map sea ch as well; sea ch in aligned co pus; links gi ing
access o o he da a eposi o ies; display and o ganisa ion o
sea ch esul s (hi lis o lack o ); na u e o shown in o ma ion
( ex , image, mul imedia).
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3. A he le el co esponding o mic os uc u e:
numbe o da a ca ego ies and ex en o elabo a ion; ypes o
da a ca ego ies and i s o ganisa ion: display o da a ca ego ies
and cla i y o en ies: o de and labelling o da a ca ego ies;
espec o p inciples o e minology da a modelling: beyond
being concep o ien ed is he e e m au onomy, he le el o
ealisa ion o a h ee-le el hie a chical s uc u e (en y le el
index le el e m le el, i anspa en h ough ex e nal
desc ip ions), da a elemen a i y and g anula i y; manda o y and
op ional da a ields; da a ca ego ies as pe he wo k me hods: is
he e a de ini ion o no ; he numbe o language a ian s o he
de ini ion; a wea he de ini ion can be eplaced by a con ex ;
de ini ion is o one concep o is he e a con as i e pu pose
(e.g. exis ence o he da a ca ego y o equi alence); choice o
da a ca ego ies based on aims/sub ield o e minology:
s anda disa ion, ansla ion o language policy; choice o da a
ca ego ies based on speci ic equi emen s o he domain (e.g.
illus a ions in an enginee ing e mbase).
4. A he le el co esponding o mesos uc u e:
c oss e e ences (links wi hin he en ies, links among en ies);
ex e nal links ( o o he websi es o eposi o ies); appea ance o
links (can be opened, accessibili y, desc ip ion o con en ).
IV. In o ma ion on he usage o he e mbase
(In o mación sob e el uso de la base de é minos) A) USER FRIENDLINESS OF THE DATABASE (Usua io amigable con la base de da os)
unde s andabili y;
use o abb e ia ions;
isual elemen s;
easy o sea ch.
b) UPDATES
equency o upda es ( ecuencia de las ac ualizaciones);
gene al s a e o up- o-da eness (da es o eco ding).
C) RELIABILITY OF DATA
documen a ion: sou ces and hei indica ion, in o ma ion on
eliabili y in each en y and i s ma king; da e o eco ding o up- o-

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da eness; s a , icon, ex o indica e eliabili y o he alida ed
ne wo k o expe s; he o indi idual submissions, c owd-sou ced and
use o pe manen o one-o links;
– edi ing op ions and eliabili y: o ganisa ional wi h in e nal and/o
ex e nal expe s, coope a ion wi h o he o ganisa ions, possibili y
checked, esul s ex a in o ma ion: ideo u o ial, e-cou se; inno a i e
om machine ansla ion wi h indica ion e c.
D) THE INNOVATIVE NATURE OF THE DATABASE
– con ains ex a elemen s: concep map, co pus;
display o lack he eo . E) VALUE OF THE TERMBASE FOR SOCIETY AND
ITS IMPORTANCE (VALUE OF THE TERMBASE FOR SOCIETY AND ITS
IMPORTANCE) (VALUE OF THE TERMBASE FOR SOCIETY AND ITS IMPORTANCE) (VALUE OF THE TERMBASE FOR SOCIETY) (VALUE OF THE TERMBASE FOR SOCIETY) (VALUE OF THE TERMBASE FOR SOCIETY) (VALUE DE LA TERMBASE) (VALE de la cual se a a ambién en el caso de las palab as en el sen ido de la palab a
FOR THE PROFESSION
aspec s o language s a egy and e minology policy; scope and
ype o expe s in e es ed; oppo uni ies o aining, e-cou se,
wo kshop, o coope a ion ag eemen s (e.g. wi h uni e si ies).
inTe neTinių Te minų bazių e Tinimo sisTema
Con auka
El a ículo p e ende p opo ciona omnip esen e sis ema de clasi icación y e aluación, que
ue a un ma co obje i o con obje o de en ende , desc ibi , clasi ica , e alua y e isión
más impo an es bases de é minos online de o ganizaciones más g andes. Talos
isapusiškos leksikog aphinių žan ų, . y. imp usdin os y online dicynų, clasi icaciones ya
exis a, sin emba go a las bases de é minos online aplicadas clasi icaciones no. El es udio
basado basado en Veng ía y en o os países publicada lexicog a ía y e minología
ámbi os li e a u a, ISO es ánda es, a ios é minos online de bases, pa ciales clasi icación
de análisis, au o es ealizados es udios.
El conjun o de c i e ios aplicables a las bases de é minos es á elabo ado eniendo en
cuen a cua o ca ego ías más impo an es: in o mación básica, pa áme os écnicos,
in o mación de con enido y uso. S aipsnyje ambién se p esen a esquema, la cual se ía no
di ícil usa du an e seminos o lecciones. poco a poco aplicando al conjun o de c i e ios, el
usua io puede adqui i cada ez más conocimien os o incluso descub i nue as unciones.
p elimina sis ema de e aluación e ela que aplicando casi homólogos mé odos
e minológicos c eados bases de e minos ienen cie as peculia idades, ya que di e en es
ámbi os necesidades de consumido es y plan eados ines p e én di e en es p incipios de
edacción. Además, algunas peculia idades son es echamen e elacionadas y las a menudo
di ícil de sepa a (p.ej.: p incipios de edacción, documen ación, con iabilidad, cualidad).
4 Dó a Má ia Tamás E alua ion Sys em o Online Te minological Da abases (Sis ema de e aluación pa a bases de da os e minológicas en línea)
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La di isión expe imen al en ca ego ías ayuda a comp ende mejo , desc ibi más
de alladamen e y e alua más cuidadosamen e el uso de las bases de é minos online,
inalmen e comp ende , cuán impo an e pa a los especialis as del lenguaje usa ales
bases. Es o alen a ían a los consumido es o ma se sob e e minos bases obje i á
opinión y ja compa i e balmen e o po esc i o, esc ibiendo esum alginius a ículos.
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