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Terminological Governance: History
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Terminological governance is the coordinated set of institutional principles, decision-making procedures, standards, and accountability mechanisms through which concepts and their designations are created, evaluated, standardized, maintained, and disseminated within a language community, organization, or specialized domain [1]. It encompasses the allocation of responsibilities among experts, terminologists, authorities, and stakeholders; the establishment of criteria for terminology selection and approval; and the management of changes, variants, multilingual equivalents, and access to terminological resources [1][2]. Unlike terminology management, which focuses primarily on organizing and maintaining terminological data, terminological governance addresses the authority, policies, participation, and processes that determine how such data are controlled and used [2][3]. It may be formal or informal, centralized or distributed, and is closely related to language planning and standardization while remaining specifically concerned with specialized concepts and designations [3].

  • terminology policy
  • terminology management
  • language planning
  • standardization
  • institutional governance

References

  1. International Organization for Standardization. Terminology Work—Principles and Methods, 3rd ed.; ISO: Geneva, Switzerland, 2019; ISO 704:2019. https://www.iso.org/standard/62510.html
  2. International Organization for Standardization. Terminology Work—Vocabulary, 2nd ed.; ISO: Geneva, Switzerland, 2019; ISO 1087:2019. https://www.iso.org/standard/62330.html
  3. Teresa Cabré. Terminology; John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1999. [CrossRef]
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