GB/T 15237.1-2000Terminology work and terminology science - Vocabulary (English PDF)
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Issued by
State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
April 25, 2025
Implementation date
November 1, 2025
Scope
GB/T 15237.1-2000 (Terminology work and terminology science - Vocabulary) is available as an English-translated PDF.
GB/T 15237.1-2000 — This document defines the basic terms and definitions for terminology and terminology science. This document applies to general terms and definitions used in terminology work with computers.
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National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 01.040.01
- Classification
- A 22
- Replacing
- GB/T 15237.1-2000
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration
Contents
- Preface
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and Definitions
- 3.1 Reality and Language
- 3.2 Concept
- 3.3 Definition
- 3.4 Reference
- 3.5 Terminology work activities
- 3.6 Terminology data
- 3.7 Terminology resources
- 3.8 Natural Language Processing
- Appendix A (Informative) Concept Map and Concept Model
- Reference
- Index
Foreword
This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting.
This document replaces GB/T 15237.1-2000 "Terminology Vocabulary Part 1: Theory and Application" and is compatible with GB/T 15237.1-Compared with 2000, in addition to structural adjustments and editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows.
--- Added the term "attribute" (see 3.1.3);
--- Changed the definition of the term "field" (see 3.1.4, 3.1.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Change the preferred term "professional field" to a permitted term (see 3.1.4, 3.1.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the preferred term "field" (see 3.1.4);
--- Added terminology entries "professional" (see 3.1.5), "language" (see 3.1.6), "natural language" (see 3.1.7), "universal language" (3.1.8);
--- Added the permitted term "special purpose language" and its English equivalent, the permitted term "specific purpose language" and its English equivalent
--- Added the term "formal language" (see 3.1.10);
--- Changed the definition of the term "term set" (see 3.1.11, 3.5.1 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the English equivalent of the term "terminology" (see 3.5.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Change the permitted term "term science" to the preferred term (see 3.1.12, 3.5.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the English equivalent of the preferred term "terminology science", the preferred term "terminology research" and its English equivalent (see 3.1.12);
--- Changed the definition of the term "term science" (see 3.1.12, 3.5.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "characteristic type" (see 3.2.2, 3.2.5 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "non-essential characteristics" (see 3.2.4);
--- Added the preferred term "individual concept" (see 3.2.8);
--- Change the preferred term "general concept" to "general [sexual] concept" (see 3.2.9, 3.2.3 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of "general concept" (see 3.2.9, 3.2.3 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "conceptual relationship" (see 3.2.11);
--- Added the permitted term "hierarchical concept relationship" and its English equivalent (see 3.2.12);
--- Changed the definition of the term "hierarchical relationship" (see 3.2.12, 3.2.20 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the English equivalent of the term "genus-species relationship", and allowed the term "genus-species concept relationship" and its English equivalent (see 3.2.13);
--- Changed the definition of the term "genus-species relationship" (see 3.2.13, 3.2.21 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the permitted term "whole-part concept relationship" and its English equivalent, the permitted term "part-whole relationship" and its English equivalent Corresponding words. the permitted term "partial relationship" and its English equivalent (see 3.2.14);
--- Changed the definition of the term "whole-part relationship" (see 3.2.14, 3.2.22 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the English equivalent of the term "superordinate concept" (see 3.2.15);
--- Deleted the permitted term "broad concept" (see 3.2.13 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the English equivalent of the term "lower level concept" (see 3.2.16);
--- Deleted the permitted term "narrow concept" (see 3.2.14 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "division criteria" (see 3.2.17);
--- Changed the definition of the term "parallel concept" (see 3.2.18, 3.2.19 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the preferred term "associative relationship", the permitted term "associative conceptual relationship" and its English equivalent, and the permitted term "pragmatic relationship" the English equivalent of "pragmatic relation" (see 3.2.23);
--- Changed the definition of the term "sequence relationship" (see 3.2.24, 3.2.24 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "spatial relationship" (see 3.2.25);
--- Added the term "timing relationship" (see 3.2.26);
--- Deleted the term "time relationship" (see 3.2.25 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the English equivalent of the term "causal relationship" "cause-effect relation" (see 3.2.27);
--- Changed the definition of the term "causality" (see 3.2.27, 3.2.26 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the English equivalent of the term "system of concepts" (see 3.2.28);
--- Added the term "conceptual model" (see 3.2.30);
--- Changed the definition of the term "connotation definition" (see 3.3.2, 3.3.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "extension definition" (see 3.3.3, 3.3.3 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "genus and species extension definition" (see 3.3.4);
--- Added the term "whole-part extension definition" (see 3.3.5);
--- Added the English equivalent of the term "designator" (see 3.4.1);
--- Changed the definition of the term "referential" (see 3.4.1, 3.4.1 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "name" (see 3.4.3, 3.4.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "proper name" (see 3.4.4);
--- Added the term "symbol" (see 3.4.5);
--- Changed the definition of the term "simple term" (see 3.4.6, 3.4.4 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "Word Term" (see 3.4.7);
--- Changed the definition of the term "compound term" (see 3.4.8, 3.4.5 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "complex term" (see 3.4.9);
--- Added the term "multi-word term" (see 3.4.10);
--- Added the English equivalents of the term "neonym" and "neoterm", and the permitted term "neonym" and its English equivalent words (see 3.4.12);
--- Added the first term "blended word" and its English equivalent "blended designation" (see 3.4.13);
--- Changed the definition of the term "abbreviation" (see 3.4.13, 3.4.13 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the preferred term "abbreviated form" and its English equivalent "abbreviated form" (see 3.4.14);
--- Changed the definition of the term "abbreviation" (see 3.4.14, 3.4.9 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the preferred term "initial phonetic word" (see 3.4.15);
--- Added the permitted terms "initial spelling" and "initial spelling" (see 3.4.16);
--- Change the term "term level assessment" to "level assessment", and its English equivalent to "acceptability rating", and add the term "tolerance rating" is preferred and the term "effectiveness rating" is permitted (see 3.4.18);
--- Changed the definition of the term "level assessment" (see 3.4.18, 3.4.14 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "preferred term" (see 3.4.19, 3.4.15 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "permitted term" (see 3.4.20, 3.4.16 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "rejected term" (see 3.4.21, 3.4.17 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the preferred term "synonymous phenomenon" to "synonymous relationship", and changed the definition of the term "synonymous relationship" (see 3.4.23, 2000 Version 3.4.19);
--- Change the term "equivalence phenomenon" to "equivalence relationship" (see 3.4.24, 3.4.21 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the permitted term "equivalence relationship" (see 3.4.24);
--- Changed the definition of the term "equivalence relationship" (see 3.4.24, 3.4.21 of the 2000 edition);
--- Change the term "antonymous phenomenon" to "antonymous relationship", and change the definition of the term "antonymous relationship" (see 3.4.25, 2000 edition 3.4.20);
--- Change the term "single name phenomenon" to "single name relationship", and change the definition of the term "single name relationship" (see 3.4.26, 2000 edition 3.4.22);
--- Change the term "univocal phenomenon" to "univocal relationship", and change the definition of the term "univocal relationship" (see 3.4.27, 2000 edition 3.4.23);
--- Change the term "polysemous phenomenon" to "polysemous relationship", and change the definition of the term "polysemous relationship" (see 3.4.28, 2000 edition 3.4.24);
---Changed the term "homophone phenomenon" to "homophone relationship", and changed the term "homophone relationship" Definition (see 3.4.29, 3.4.25 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "Terminology compilation" (see 3.4.31);
--- Added the term "borrowing" (see 3.4.32);
--- Added the term "interdisciplinary borrowing" (see 3.4.33);
--- Added the term "cross-language borrowing" (see 3.4.34);
--- Added the term "translation borrowing" (see 3.4.35);
--- Added the term "transcription" (see 3.4.36);
--- Added the term "transliteration" (see 3.4.37);
--- Added the term "derived" (see 3.4.38);
--- Added the term "conversion" (see 3.4.39);
--- Added the term "transparency" (see 3.4.40);
--- Added the permitted term "terminology management" and its English equivalent (see 3.5.1);
--- Changed the definition of the term "terminology codification" (see 3.5.2, 3.6.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "Term Processing" (see 3.6.3 of the 2000 edition);
--- Change the term "terminology work plan" to "terminology planning" (see 3.5.3, 3.6.4 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "term coordination" (see 3.5.5, 3.6.6 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "Term Extraction" (see 3.5.6);
--- Deleted the term "Term Extract" (see 3.6.7 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "Term Identification" (see 3.6.8 of the 2000 edition);
--- Change the term "term index by word" to "term index" (see 3.5.8, 3.7.6 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term "data category" (see 3.6.3);
--- Added the preferred term "text corpus" and its English equivalent (see 3.6.4);
--- Added the preferred term "context" (see 3.6.5);
--- Added the term "data verification" (see 3.6.6);
--- Added the term "duplicate entry check" (see 3.6.7);
--- Added the term "consistency check" (see 3.6.8);
--- Added the term "spell check" (see 3.6.9);
--- Added the term "integrity check" (see 3.6.10);
--- Added the term "format check" (see 3.6.11);
--- Added the term "reasonableness check" (see 3.6.12);
--- Added the term "Terminology Management System" (see 3.6.13);
--- Added the term "term resources" (see 3.7.1);
--- Added the permitted term "term library" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.2);
--- Added the permitted term "term data center" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.3);
--- Changed the definition of the term "terminology database center" (see 3.7.3, 3.7.4 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the permitted term "special language dictionary" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.4);
--- The permitted term "technical dictionary" was deleted (see 3.7.1 of the 2020 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "term dictionary" (see 3.7.4, 3.7.1 of the 2000 edition);
--- Change the preferred term "vocabulary" to "glossary" (see 3.7.5, 3.7.2 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the term entry "Glossary" (see 3.7.6);
--- Added the term "system term set" (see 3.7.7);
--- Changed the definition of the term "macrostructure" (see 3.7.8, 3.7.7 of the 2000 edition);
--- Changed the definition of the term "microstructure" (see 3.7.9, 3.7.8 of the 2000 edition);
--- Change the permitted term "system sequence" to the preferred term, and change the definition of the term "system sequence" (see 3.7.10, 2000 edition) 3.7.9);
--- Deleted the preferred term "system arrangement" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.9 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the permitted term "system organization" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.10);
--- Changed the permitted term "subject order" to the preferred term and changed the definition of the term "subject order" (see 3.7.11, 2000 edition) 3.7.10);
--- Deleted the preferred term "subject arrangement" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.10 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the permitted term "subject organization" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.11);
--- Added the term "specific language order" (see 3.7.12);
--- Deleted the term "alphabetical order" (see 3.7.11 of the 2000 edition);
--- Change the permitted term "mixing order" to the preferred term, and change the definition of the term "mixing order" (see 3.7.13, 2000 edition) 3.7.13);
--- Deleted the preferred term "mixed arrangement" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.12 of the 2000 edition);
--- Added the permitted term "mixed organization" and its English equivalent (see 3.7.13);
--- Added the term "index" (see 3.7.14);
--- Added the term "word form" (see 3.8.1);
--- Added the term "table of inflection" (see 3.8.2);
--- Added the term "basic word form" (see 3.8.3);
--- Added the term "ambiguity resolution" (see 3.8.4);
--- Added the term "lemma restoration" (see 3.8.5);
--- Added the term "arrangement" (3.8.6);
--- Deleted the term "Format of terminology" (see 3.8.3 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "term" (see 3.8.4 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "Note" (see 3.8.5 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "syntactic marker" (see 3.8.6 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "professional mark" (see 3.8.7 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "language identifier" (see 3.8.8 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "country identifier" (see 3.8.9 of the 2000 edition);
--- Deleted the term "source identifier" (see 3.8.10 of the 2000 edition).
This document is equivalent to ISO 1087:2019 "Terminology and vocabulary of terminology science".
The following minimal editorial changes were made to this document.
--- Added preferred terms, permitted terms, abbreviations, etc. for some terms;
---According to the characteristics of the Chinese language, some examples of terminology have been modified.
1 Scope
This document defines the basic terms and definitions for terminology and terminology science.
This document applies to general terms and definitions used in terminology work with computers.
2 Normative references
This document has no normative references.
3 Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document.
The terminology databases used for standardization maintained by ISO and IEC are located at.
Note. A concept map and conceptual model of the relationships between the concepts described in Chapter 3 are given in Appendix A.
3.1 Reality and language
3.1.1
object
Anything that can be felt or imagined.
Note. Objects may be material (e.g., "engine", "paper", "diamond"), immaterial (e.g., "conversion rate", "project plan"), or imaginary (e.g., "phoenix", "god").
3.1.2
Extension
The set of all objects (3.1.1) corresponding to a concept (3.2.7).
3.1.3
property
Characteristics of the object (3.1.1).
Example 1."Made of wood" is a property of a certain "table".
Example 2."belongs to someone" is a property of a certain "pet".
Example 3."Created by Einstein" is a property of the equation "E=mc2".
Example 4."Compassionate" is an attribute of a certain "person".
Example 5."Has a connecting wire" is a property of a "computer mouse".
NOTE. Multiple objects can have the same attributes.
3.1.4
domain
Subjectfield
The scope of specific knowledge.
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Referenced standards
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- GB/T 42405.1-2023Intelligent manufacturing application interconnection—Part 1: Integration technical requirements
- GB/T 13725-2019General principles and methods for establishing terminology database
- GB/T 15387.1-2014Guidelines for the documentation for developing tcrminological database
- GB/T 15387.2-2014Guidelines for the development of terminological database
- GB/T 15625-2014Guidelines for technical evaluation of terminological database
- GB/T 6159.5-2011Micrographics -- Vocabulary -- Part 5: Quality of images, legibility, inspection
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