Pointer Final Report

• Introduction
• POINTER Goals and methodology
• Executive Summary
• The Importance of Terminology
  • What is Terminology
  • Terminology and Lexicology, Terminography and Lexicography
  • Why Terminology?
  • Terminology and the multilingual Information Society
• General Framework
  • Impact and Awareness
  • Economic Aspects of Terminology and Terminology Work
  • The Legal Framework
• Terminology Users and Producers
  • Actors and Working Conditions
  • National and Regional Aspects of Terminology Work
  • European Aspects of Terminology Work
  • International Aspects of Terminology Work
• Terminology Resources
  • Scope and Quality of Resources
  • Terminology Creation and Terminography
  • Terminology Distribution and Exchange
  • Standardisation
  • Quality and Validation of Terminological Resources
• Tools, Training and Research
  • Terminology Management and Extraction Tools
  • Training
  • Research Issues in Terminology
• The European Terminology Infrastructure
  • The Detailed Proposals
  • Main Recommendations
• Annexe: Final Report References

Figures and Tables

• Figure 1 : Terminology Applications and Products
• Figure 2 : Terminology : A Key Discipline for the Information Society
• Figure 3 : Degrees of Prescription in Terminology Work
• Figure 4 : The "Term Bazaar" page
• Figure 5 : The Quality Matrix (cf [FRY 95])
• Figure 6 : Terminology in Europe
• Figure 7 : The Proposed European Terminology Infrastructure

• Table 1 : Comparison between Lexicography and Terminography
• Table 2 : Borrowing Relationships: Special Language and General Language
• Table 3 : A List of TMSs Analysed and their Special Features
• Table 4 : Criteria for evaluating TMSs
• Table 5 : Typical results of the analysis