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In:Handbook of Terminology: Volume 1
Edited by Hendrik J. Kockaert and Frieda Steurs
[Handbook of Terminology 1] 2015
► pp. 291–303

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Terminology work and crowdsourcing

 | BIK Terminology | KU Leuven | New York University
Published online: 13 March 2015
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Explanation and definitions
    • 2.1Terminology work
    • 2.2Terminology approaches
      • 2.2.1Systematic vs. ad-hoc
      • 2.2.2Descriptive, prescriptive or normative
    • 2.3People and roles in terminology work
    • 2.4The concept of expert
    • 2.5Crowdsourcing
      • 2.5.1Outsourcing to the crowd
      • 2.5.2Crowd types and community
  • 3.Terminology tasks and the roles
    • 3.1Terminology task breakdown
    • 3.2To crowdsource or not to crowdsource?
      • 3.2.1Terminology production: Collecting and documenting information, releasing entries
      • 3.2.2Terminology production: Suggest, review or select term candidates
      • 3.2.3Quality assurance: Checking for doublette, processing feedback and reporting
      • 3.2.4Quality assurance: Checking the content of the data base and providing feedback on quality
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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