Terminology ISO Standards

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ISO/TC 37 technical committee – Language and terminology

Selected relevant standards:

1. Principles and methods

  •  ISO 704:2009 – Terminology work – Principles and methods

Introduction and Terms and definitions is available for free.

  • ISO 860:2007 – Terminology work – Harmonization of concepts and terms

Introduction and Terms and definitions is available for free.

  • ISO 1087-1:2000 – Vocabulary – Part 1: Theory and application
  • ISO/DIS 1087 (under development) –  Terminology work – Vocabulary
  • ISO 29383:2010 – Terminology policies – Development and implementation
  • ISO/NP 29383 (under development) – Terminology policies – Development and implementation

2. Terminology workflow and language coding

  • ISO 12615:2004  – Bibliographic references and source identifiers for terminology work
  • ISO 12616:2002  – Translation-oriented terminography

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  • ISO/AWI 12616-1 (under development) – Terminology work in support of multilingual communication — Part 1: Fundamentals of translation-oriented terminography
  • ISO 15188:2001 – Project management guidelines for terminology standardization

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  • ISO 22128:2008 – Terminology products and services — Overview and guidance

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  • ISO 23185:2009 – Assessment and benchmarking of terminological resources — General concepts, principles and requirements

Introduction and Terms and definitions is available for free.

3. Management of terminology resources

  • ISO/DIS 12620 (under development) – Terminology and other language and content resources — Data category specifications

Introduction and Terms and definitions is available for free.

  • ISO 16642:2017 – Computer applications in terminology — Terminological markup framework

Introduction and Terms and definitions is available for free.

ISO 22274:2013 – Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content — Concept-related aspects for developing and internationalizing classification systems

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  • ISO 26162:2012 – Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content — Design, implementation and maintenance of terminology management systems

Introduction and Terms and definitions is available for free.

  • ISO/CD 26162-1 (under development) – Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content — Terminology databases — Part 1: Design
  • ISO/CD 26162-2 – Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content — Terminology databases — Part 2: Software
  • ISO/NP 26162-3 – Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content — Terminology databases — Part 3: Content
  • ISO 30042:2008 Preview – Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content — TermBase eXchange (TBX)

Introduction and Terms and definitions is available for free.

  • ISO/DIS 30042 Preview (under development) – Systems to manage terminology, knowledge and content — TermBase eXchange (TBX)

4. Language resource management

5. Translation, interpreting and related technology

Resources with overviews about terminology standards:

  • ISO 704:2000 Terminology work – Principles and methods (replaced by ISO 704:2009)