Collection of PanEuropean Terminology Resources through Cooperation of

Collection of Pan-European Terminology Resources through Cooperation of Terminology Institutions EUROTERMBANK Andrejs Vasiļjevs, Tilde, Latvia

e. Content Program Project • Contract Number: EDC - 22 267 • Duration: 24 months • 8 participants from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Denmark • Coordinator: Tilde company (Latvia) • Total cost of the project: EUR 3 292 200 • Max Community contribution: EUR 1 646 100

Expected Results of the Project • Developed and implemented unified terminological methodology for new EU member states, aligned with best practices in EU • Established network of terminology institutions in region • Consolidation, harmonization and centralization of fragmented terminology resources • Operating online terminology data bank with links to various external term databases and banks

Linguistic Infrastructure Created/Strengthened • Euro. Term. Bank goal is to facilitate Pan European terminology development process • Methodology for harmonisation of terminology processes in new EU member countries and for ensuring compatibility of terminological resources for data interchange and resource sharing • Networking of terminology-related institutions (creators and holders of terminology resources, major user organisations) on both national and multinational levels • Consolidation of terminology content from different sources and owners in unified database that is intelinked with other systems

Users & Benefits for Users • Targeted to both terminology users and terminology creators • Single and free online access point to comprehensive terminology resources in different languages and fields • Effective dissemination of terminology resources • Involvement of general public in terminology development and dissemination through online discussions • Facilitation of professional terminology development through authorized online database tools and discussions • Easy to use and sophisticated search mechanisms taking into account language specifics

Business Case • Free services: – At least 90% of content – Available to general public • Fee based services: – Added value services like compilation of term collections upon user requests (like terminology extracts for dictionary publishers) – Proprietary content – Revenue used to cover maintenance and further development costs – Authorization mechanisms to support commercial services

Participants & Roles • Tilde, SIA – Latvia – Coordinator – Project management – System development and implementation • University of Applied Sciences Cologne – Germany – Networking of terminology institutions – Development of organisational and legal frameworks • Center for Sprogteknologi, University of Copenhagen – Denmark – Networking of terminology institutions – Development of methodology and standards • Lietuvių kalbos institutas (The Institute of the Lithuanian Language) – Lithuania – Awareness, dissemination – Marketing, and exploitation – Collection of national resources

Participants & Roles • Latvian Academy of Sciences – Latvia – General content selection, acquisition and processing – Collection of national resources • Morpho. Logic – Hungary – Requirements analysis and system design – Collection of national resources • Department of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, University of Tartu – Estonia – Assessment, evaluation and system elaboration – Collection of national resource • Information Processing Centre – Poland – Collection of national resource – Awareness and dissemination on national level

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