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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 specialized 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
L'a icolo mi a a o ni e omnip esen e sis ema di classi icazione e alu azione, che
sa ebbe un obie i o base pe comp ende e, desc i e e, classi ica e, alu a e e
i ede e più impo an i o ganizzazioni più g andi basi di e mini online. Tali
e sapusiškos leksikog a inių žan ų, . y. p asdin ų e onlineinių žodynų, klasi-
2Te minologija | 2019 | 26 ikazioni già esis a, pe ò classi icazioni applica e alle basi di
e mini online non. Lo s udio basa o sulla le e a u a pubblica a in Veng ìa e in al i
paesi, alcune esempi online e pa ziali analisi di classi icazione, au o i esegui i ice che. La
suddi isione spe imen ale in ca ego ie applicando lo schemà p esen a o allega o
all'a icolo pe me e di meglio pe cepi e, più de aglia amen e desc i e e e più
a en amen e alu a e l'uso di kiomi basi. Nuo e in uizioni possono inco aggia e ques e
in e ne inėmis e minų bazėmis ypa umus, pagaliau – su ok i naudojimosi o-
mezzi che acili ano la comunicazione nel campo di lingue specializza e a miglio a e.
pa ole essenziali: e imo s umen i, e minų bazė, sis ema di alu azione,
o ien amen ois in conce o, ca ego ie dei da i.
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).
Anche se 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
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 -
is 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). As we obse ed, 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, e c.)
7Te minologija | 2019 | 26 men s (lexicological basics and linguis ic in o ma ion),
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.
I c i e i di alu azione o elec onic dic iona ies (Gaál 2012) con engono
elemen i 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 ( edi 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
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 necessa iamen e
numbe o cable da a ields
appliapplicable adi ional
p esen , a de ini ion in a leas
one language cOMPlEX
necessa ily 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 ains 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

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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 a ely. 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 ( edi 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,
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 ingues 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 ( edi 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, da abase
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):
in e na ional o ganisa ions (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.). Inol e, 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 ame i ecnici includono quelli che sono accessibili 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,
unless hey a e published o he wise. 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 ( edi Download IATE:
h ps://ia e.eu opa.eu/home). Da abases 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
Pe il scopo di s udia e le ca a e is iche gene ali di e mbases, le abbiamo
agg uppa e ela i e all'applicabili à dell'app occio e minologico and he
s uc u e o da abases in wo: 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,
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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;
hyb id;
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. In o ma ion on he con en o he e mbase
A) GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DATABASE
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
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
A) USER FRIENDLINESS OF THE DATABASE
unde s andabili y;
use o abb e ia ions;
isual elemen s;
easy o sea ch.
b) UPDATES
equency o upda es;
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
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 auca
L'a icolo mi a a o ni e omnip esen e sis ema di classi icazione e alu azione, che
sa ebbe un obie i o base pe comp ende e, desc i e e, classi ica e, alu a e e i ede e
più impo an i o ganizzazioni più g andi basi di e mini online. Tali e sapusiške
lessikog a iche gene i, . i. imp usdin i e online dei dizionyn, classi icazione già esis a,
u a ia in e ne alle basi dei e mini applica e classi icazione non. La ice ca onda a in
Veng ìa e in al i paesi pubblica a le e a u a di lexicog a ia e e minologia, s anda d ISO,
di e si e mini online di basi, pa ziali analisi di classi icazione, ice che e e ua e au o i.
La se ie di c i e i da applica e alle banche e mini è p epa a a enendo con o di qua o
ca ego ie più impo an i: in o mazioni di base, pa ame i ecnici, in o mazioni di con enu o
e u ilizzo. S aipsnyje o nisce anche schema, che sa ebbe acile u ilizza e du an e seminì
o lezioni. g adualmen e applicando ale se o di c i e i, l'u en e può acquisi e semp e più
conoscenze o anche scop i e nuo e unzioni. il p elimina e sis ema di alu azione i ela che
applicando quasi uni o mi me odi e minologici s iluppa i e mini di base hanno ce e
peculia i à, poiché di e si se o i di consuma o i bisogniikiai e ini solle a i p e edono
di e si p incipi di edagazione. Inol e, alcune peculia i à sono s e amen e co ela e e le
spesso di icili sepa a e (e.g.: p incipi di edazione, documen azione, a idabili à, quali à).
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La suddi isione spe imen ale in ca ego ie aiu a a meglio pe cepi e, più de aglia amen e
desc i e e e più a en amen e alu a e l'uso delle basi di e mini online, in ine pe cepi e,
quan o è impo an e pe gli specialis i della lingua ali basi di usa e. Ciò inco agge ebbe i
consuma o i o ma si su una base di e mini obie i i opinione e ja condi ide e
e balmen e o sc i u, sc i endo abž alginius a icoli.
Gau a 2019-09-02
Dó a Má ia Tamás
Hunga ian O ice o T ansla ion and A es a ion l d
Hunga y, 1062 budapes , bajza u ca 52 Hunga y, 1146
Te mik Te minology Resea ch G oup a Ká oli Gáspá Uni e si y
o he e o med chu ch o Hunga y
Budapes , Dózsa Gyö gy ú 25 E-mail: [email p o ec ed];
[email p o ec ed]
Esz e Se mann
Uni e si y o Szeged
Facul y o Humani ies and Social Sciences
Depa men o i alian S udies
Hunga y, 6722 Szeged, Egye em u. 2 Hunga y,
Te mik Te minology Resea ch G oup a Ká oli Gáspá Uni e si y
o he e o med chu ch o Hunga y
1146 Budapes , Dózsa Gyö gy ú 25 E-mail
esz e .se [email p o ec ed]