Establishes and harmonizes the basic principles and methods for preparing and compiling terminologies both inside and outside the framework of standardization. It describes the links between objects, concepts, and their representations through the use of terminologies. It also establishes general principles governing the formation of designations and the formulation of definitions. Full and complete understanding of these principles requires some background knowledge of terminology. The principles are general in nature and this standard is applicable to terminology work in scientific, technological, industrial, administrative, and other fields of knowledge.
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2004SANS 704:2004 Terminology work - Principles and methods