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The foci of Infoterm activities are defined by the Infoterm General Assembly (IGA) and casted into a medium-term Work Programme by the Infoterm Executive Board (IEB). The primary focus has remained unchanged since 1971 (as agreed with UNESCO): fostering, promoting and organizing cooperation among institutions, organizations and networks in the field of terminology and its manifold applications. In the course of time, Infoterm has developed high-level experience in:
- Designing and providing advice on the implementation of terminology policies and strategies – see Terminology Policies
- Legal aspects of terminological data – especially copyright – and their impact on commercial and non-commercial business models for structured content in general – see Legal Issues
- Theoretical and methodological aspects of content interoperability – see Content Interoperability
- Standardization of principles, methods and certain application relating to the above – see Terminology Standardization
The expertise, acquired over the years by Infoterm, is put into practice through:
- Consultancy services to institutions/organizations in the public domain and non-profit sector, focusing on networking as well as on institution and capacity building projects in the field of terminology and other language and content resources (incl. related standardizing activities).
- Assistance in connection with the establishment of terminology infrastructures especially in language communities where they do not yet exist in cooperation with pertinent institutions/organizations in the respective community as well as at regional and international levels.
- Joint activities with UNESCO, WHO and other international organizations in connection with standardizing activities.
- Development of terminological methods in data modeling and content creation workflows with the aim to develop and enhance content interoperability. See Infoterm Projects
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