Anyone introducing an editorial system is faced with the question of whether the existing documentation should be imported into the new system or whether everything has to be rewritten. Importing sounds tempting because it appears to be less work. However, the following comparison of customer thoughts and expectations shows what rework is necessary and what preparatory work is worthwhile [...]
Date of issue: June 2022 DIN ISO 24495-1: Plain language - Part 1: Principles and guidelines DIN ISO 24495-1 has recently been published as a draft. The standard contains principles and guidelines for creating documents in plain language. Four principles are defined for this purpose: Relevance, Findability, Comprehensibility, Applicability. These are intended to make it easier for the creator of a document [...]
What is the core of terminology work? How does terminology work, what is the point of it all? And finally: What does this have to do with awareness? Warming up and warming up for terminology Shortly before Christmas 2020, I was given the opportunity to present a one-hour introduction to terminology for RWTH Aachen University in an online guest lecture. The audience was [...]
Issue date: October 2018 VDI Guideline VDI 2770 Sheet 1 Operation of process plants - Minimum requirements for digital manufacturer information for the process industry - Basic principles VDI Guideline VDI 2770 Sheet 1 deals with the transfer of manufacturer information, such as declarations of conformity, certificates and other product-related information to the operator. To this end, the guideline specifies the [...]
Date of issue: July 2018 DIN EN ISO 9687 Dentistry - Graphical symbols for dental equipment In July, DIN EN ISO 9687 will be published in a supplemented form. Four symbols will be added. Among other things, there will be a symbol for the electronic instructions for use. The symbol indicates that the instructions for use are available in electronic form. The [...]
Terminology, noun, f (the), word origin: terminus, Latin for "boundary", logos, ancient Greek for "word" and its content, cf. composites with -logie "Terminology" thus denotes, according to its meaning: the science of defining designations (terminology, which is also called "terminology theory" rather than just "terminology" for better differentiation) a set of defined designations (collection of words of a [...])
