Terminology

Terminology is basically standard ways of referring to things. In ICT and localisation, the focus of terminology is technical terms, and in the case of many languages in Africa and elsewhere, such terms may not exist and need to be decided on.

Links and references

• Terminology Forum http://lipas.uwasa.fi/termino/ (University of Vaasa, Finland)
  • Term-List - http://lipas.uwasa.fi/termino/termlist.html
  • Terminology Collection - http://lipas.uwasa.fi/termino/collect/index.html
  • Terminology Management - http://lipas.uwasa.fi/termino/management.html
• Terminometro : site portail thématique multilingue sur la terminologie et les disciplines associées http://www.terminometro.info/
• UNESCO International Information Centre for Terminology (InfoTerm) http://www.infoterm.info/
  • Why terminology? http://www.infoterm.info/about_us/why_terminology.php
    • "What is terminology?" http://www.infoterm.info/pdf/about_us/what_is_terminology.pdf
    • "Four Questions about Terminology Policies" http://www.infoterm.info/pdf/about_us/Script_TermPols.pdf
    • UNESCO Guidelines for Terminology Policy http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20937&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
• Wikipedia
  • EN "Terminology," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology
  • FR "Terminologie," http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminologie