National foreword

This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 1087‑1:2000 and implements it as the UK national standard.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TS/1, Terminology, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.

International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3.

Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this part of ISO 1087 may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

International Standard ISO 1087‑1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 37, Terminology (principles and coordination), Subcommittee SC 1, Principles of terminology.

This part of ISO 1087 cancels and replaces clauses 1 to 6, 8 and partially clause 7 of ISO 1087:1990, of which it constitutes a technical revision. ISO 1087‑2 constitutes a technical revision of clause 7 of ISO 1087:1990.

ISO 1087 consists of the following parts, under the general title Terminology work — Vocabulary:

Part 1: Theory and application
Part 2: Computer applications

Annex A of this part of ISO 1087 is for information only.

Introduction

The main purpose of this international terminology standard is to provide a systemic description of the concepts in the field of terminology and to clarify the use of the terms in this field. The compilation of this vocabulary provided a forum for analysing, discussing and coordinating key concepts found in ISO/TC 37 standards. This International Standard is addressed to not only standardizers and terminologists, but to anyone involved in terminology work, as well as to the users of terminologies.

The terms in this International Standard are listed in a systematic order under a number of general headings.

The layout follows the directions given in ISO 10241. Thus, the elements of an entry appear in the following order:

Entry number, preferred term and definition are the mandatory elements of each entry. Other elements appear only when appropriate.

The notation used in the notes throughout this International Standard is as follows:

concepts are indicated by single quotes;
designations (terms or appellations) are in italics;
NOTE The use of italics facilitates the understanding of this standard, but it is not in conformity with ISO 10241.
characteristics are underlined;
types of characteristics are doubly underlined.

The alphabetical index includes preferred and admitted terms.

Annex A contains concept diagrams which represent the relations among the concepts defined in the vocabulary.

It should be noted that the examples of terms are specific to the English language in the English version and to the French language in the French version.

1 Scope

This International Standard establishes a basic vocabulary for the theory and application of terminology work. It does not embrace the vocabulary dealing with computer applications in terminology work which is covered by ISO 1087‑2.

The layout is designed according to ISO 10241, unless otherwise specified.

2 Normative reference

3 Vocabulary

3.1 Language and reality

3.2 Concepts

3.3 Definitions

3.4 Designations

3.5 Terminology

3.6 Aspects of terminology work

3.7 Terminological products

3.8 Terminological data

Bibliography

BS ISO 1087-1:2000

Terminology work. Vocabulary - Theory and application

Published:

26 Sep 2002

Withdrawn:

26 Sep 2019