What is ISO 26162-2- Terminology databases about?
ISO 26162-2 is the second part of the multi-standard series that specifies essential features of terminology management systems, regardless of specific software engineering paradigms, user interface and user assistance design principles, and specific data models. These features enable maximum efficiency and quality in terminology work and, thus, support creating, processing, and using high-quality terminology.
The intended audiences of ISO 26162-2 are software engineers/developers as well as terminologists, technical communicators, translators, interpreters, language planners, and subject field experts.
ISO 26162-2 describes all features needed for recording, editing, maintaining, exchanging, and presenting terminological data.
Who is ISO 26162-2 - Terminology databases for?
ISO 26162-2 on the management of terminology resources is useful for:
- Terminologists
- Technical communicators
- Translators
- Interpreters
- Language planners
- Subject field experts
Why should you use ISO 26162-2 - Terminology databases?
Terminologies are the totality of concepts in given subject fields represented by terms and other designations and described by using additional terminological data. In general, these data are organized in structured terminology databases and are usually manipulated in specific software applications called terminology management systems. Terminology databases usually vary with regard to their underlying data model and consist of different sets of data categories, while terminology management systems generally differ depending on their functionality and the platform they are designed for.
ISO 26162-2 gives guidance to users on designing terminology databases and on essential terminology management system features.
You can use ISO 26162-2 to evaluate the conformance and suitability of terminology databases and terminology management systems.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS ISO 26162-2:2019 supersedes BS ISO 26162:2012. BS ISO 26162-2:2019 includes some technical changes with respect to BS ISO 26162:2012. These include:
- The ISO 26162-2 has been split into parts. The first part is focusing on the design of terminology
- Database design, the second part on the development of terminology management systems all references to generic software design principles and specific use cases have been removed
