Standards Norway

Responsibility for terminology through standardizationKjersti Drsdal Vikren. 2012-10-11#Presentation outlinePresentation of terminology project supported by central governmentHistory & political backgroundProject management, plan and objectives

Presentation of terminology database SNORREContentUser interface design and functionalityStandards Norway - presentation English#2Standards Norway (SN)responsible for all standardization areas in Norwayexcept electrotechnology and tele communication

Norwegian member of CEN and ISO

adopts and publishes some 1 500 new NS (Norwegian Standards) annually based on national, European and International standardsStandards Norway - presentation English#Historical background: Terminology at SNVast amount of terminology developed through standardizationEuropean/international standardsNational standardsTranslations

Since the 90ies terminology recorded in electronic terminology databases Terminology from standards English. Norwegian Bokml. German. French40 000 entriesInternal use only; standardization/translation tool

Environmental terminology database (Milterm) publicly available since 2002Terminology from standards and other sources (Gemet etc.)English. Norwegian Bokml10 000 entries

Standards Norway - presentation English#Milterm: GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus 4Political background2005: Report on the situation of the Norwegian languages initiated by the Language Council of NorwayStandards Norway important partnerneed for increased funding for standards/terminology in NorwegianNorwegian Bokml and Norwegian Nynorsk should have equal representation

2008: White paper on work carried out in the language field and future policy proposal: funding for terminology project making SN terminology publicly available

2009: Funding for SN terminology project provided by the Ministry of Culture (NOK 1.9 mill.) Standards Norway - presentation English#2009: Resolution in the Storting (Parliament)

5Project managementProject plan by Standards Norway

Steering committee expert groupthe Language Council of Norway: Head of committeeStandards Norway: Secretary = Project coordinator

Guidelines (terminology policy) by the Language Council of Norway

Project plan, steering committee and guidelines to be approved by the Ministry of Culture

Standards Norway - presentation English#6ProjectTerminology quality assurance of existing terminology development of new Norwegian terminology through translationsrecording of new terms Norwegian Bokml > Norwegian Nynorsk translation of all termsterminology courses at Standards Norway

ITnew terminology database conversion and transfer of existing term basesnew user interfacestandards database integrationwebsite integration (www.standard.no)

Standards Norway - presentation English#Standards database integration: the term base collects information about the referenced sources (standards) from the document database.7SNORRE launched October 2011

publicly accessible terminology database

more than 50 000 term entries

more than 200 000 terms

Norwegian Bokml. Norwegian Nynorsk. English. German. French

Standards Norway - presentation English#Subject fieldsTerminology from a wide range of standardization areas

Environmental terminology from Milterm

Building and civil engineering terminology because of many translations

Other examples: Quality Services Transport Food technology Sports equipment and facilities Company organization and management Textile and leather technology Shipbuilding and marine structures Etc. Standards Norway - presentation English#SNORRE is accessible atwww.termbasen.no Standards Norway - presentation English#www.standard.noStandards Norway - presentation English

#SNORRE front pageStandards Norway - presentation English

#Search field & buttonStandards Norway - presentation English

#13Example: simple search elementStandards Norway - presentation English

#Simple search request: enter search string + click search (sk)14Search results elementNumber of hits: 523Standards Norway - presentation English

#Search results page: number of hits 52315Hit listStandards Norway - presentation English

#Hit list displays information relevant for your search request: term, definition (if any), source, (term) language. Users may then view the individual terminological entries in the list to access all information contained in an entry e.g. terms in other languages, notes, examples etc..16Filter functionalitySource (Kilde), Language (Sprk) & Category (Type)+ Free-Text Search (Fritekstsk)Standards Norway - presentation English

#The left-hand side displays info about hit list sources (kilde), languages (sprk) and category (type) and offers filter functionality to narrow search results.17Filter: EnglishStandards Norway - presentation English

#Filter: English + Terms Standards Norway - presentation English

#Filter: English + Terms + Source NS-EN 13756:2002 (Wood flooring Terminology) Standards Norway - presentation English

#Click term (element) to view terminological entryStandards Norway - presentation English

#Terminological entry elementNorwegian Bokml, Norwegian Nynorsk & English terms. Standards Norway - presentation English

#View sources View each source separately (+Kilde(r) ) ORView all (Vis alle kilder) Standards Norway - presentation English

#Source English term elementNS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring TerminologyStandards Norway - presentation English

#In this example we have chosen to view the source of the English term. Source information includes document title (NS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring Terminology) + 2 interesting features24View product information Source: NS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring TerminologyStandards Norway - presentation English

#One of these features is the View product information function which opens a document information page which allows users to collect background information regarding the document from which the term has been extracted.25Title and ScopeNS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring TerminologyStandards Norway - presentation English

#Subject field (ICS)NS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring TerminologyStandards Norway - presentation English

#Subject fields: Standards are categorized according to ICS-code system (ICS = International Classification for Standards). 27Preview of source (5 pages)NS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring TerminologyStandards Norway - presentation English

#The Preview function allows users to get a preview of the first five pages of the document28View source term listSource: NS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring TerminologyStandards Norway - presentation English

#The other feature, View source term list returns a complete list of all terms that have been extracted from the relevant document29Source term listNS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring Terminology (59 entries)Standards Norway - presentation English

#For this source the term base returns a search results page with a list of 59 entries containg terms in German, English, Bokml and Nynorsk alphabetically ordered30Source term list. Filter: GermanNS-EN 13756:2002 Wood flooring TerminologyStandards Norway - presentation English

#This is what it looks like if we choose to filter the list by German terms31View subject field term lists: Click ICS-code79.080 Semi-manufactures of timber. / 01.040.70 Wood technology (Vocabularies)Standards Norway - presentation English

#The term entry also includes information about subject fields. Terms that have been extracted from standards inherit the ICS-codes of the standards that they have been extracted from. When you click an ICS-code the interface will return a list of all recorded terms within this subject area.32Subject field term list01.040.70 Wood technology (Vocabularies) (718 entries)Standards Norway - presentation English

#ICS 01.040.70 Wood technology (Vocabularies) returns a list of 718 entries.33Advanced searchStandards Norway - presentation English

#Advanced search expandedStandards Norway - presentation English

#Advanced searchSearch method (Skemte)exact match / string* / *string*

Category (Vis treff i)terms / definitions / all

Language (Sprk)All Norwegian BokmlNorwegian NynorskEnglishGermanFrench

Standard/source (Standard/kilde)

ICS-code (ICS-koder)

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#ICS-code system overview: Click Search method (Skemte)exact match / string* / *string*

Category (Vis treff i)terms / definitions / all

Language (Sprk)All Norwegian BokmlNorwegian NynorskEnglishGermanFrench

Standard/source (Standard/kilde)

ICS-code (ICS-koder)

optionsStandards Norway - presentation English

#Click information button to get an ICS-code system overview37ICS-code system overviewClick ICS-code to view subdomainsStandards Norway - presentation English

#38Subject field term list Advanced searchAsterisk (*) + ICS-code (ICS: 17 Metrology and measurement. Physical phenomena.)Standards Norway - presentation English

#Previously we saw that the user interface has features allowing users to view term lists containing all terms that have been extracted from a source or a subject field that is related to a specific term in a spesific entry. The advanced search feature, however, allows for wild card searches that produce term lists based on source or subject field alone. This examples demonstrates a search for all terms on Metrology and measurement. Physical phenomena. Asterisk in the search field + ICS-code 17.39Subject field term listICS: 17 Metrology and measurement. Physical phenomena (1142 entries)Standards Norway - presentation English

#This returns a list of 1142 entries40Source term list Advanced searchAsterisk (*) + Source (NS-EN ISO 9999:2007, Assistive products for persons with disability)Standards Norway - presentation English

#This examples demonstrates a search for all terms extracted from an ISO standards on assistive products for persons with disability. Asterisk in the search field + document title (number).

41Source term list NS-EN ISO 9999:2007, Assistive products for persons with disability (786 entries)Standards Norway - presentation English

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Kjersti Drsdal Vikren. kdv@standard.noThank you!More information?#