Terminology Management

Terminology Management is based on a number of assumptions relating to science theory and cognitive sciences:

Human thinking is fundamentally conceptual and constantly processes information on objects, the way they are perceived, and on the representations of these perceptions. The time-honoured “semantic triangle” tries to come to grips with these mental processes:

» objects →“things” of the real world, such as organisms, creatures, events, processes, natural phenomena, etc. or →conceived objects » concepts →mental abstractions corresponding to objects » representations verbal and non-verbal conventional symbols such as →terms or other kinds of designations for denoting concepts →definitions or other kinds of explanations for describing concepts →non-verbal representations, such as graphical symbols, pictures, diagrams, sounds, motions, etc.

In a narrow sense, Terminology Management only means terminology work using terminology management systems for various purposes.

In a broader sense, Terminology Management also comprises strategic aspects of terminology planning often in conjunction with corporate language and corporate identity of an organization.