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Establish and maintain designations for terminological entries, as necessary.


CONTROL ID
13340
CONTROL TYPE
Establish/Maintain Documentation
CLASSIFICATION
Preventive

SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED CONTROLS



This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):
  • Establish and maintain terminological entries and their definitions., CC ID: 13318

This Control has the following implementation support Control(s):
  • Treat full forms as designations., CC ID: 16236
  • Use the characteristics of the concept to select the designation., CC ID: 13357
  • Standardize and harmonize term designations., CC ID: 13390
  • Document the history of designations., CC ID: 16249
  • Consider the needs of the target audience when creating designations., CC ID: 16275
  • Craft the designation to reflect the concept system., CC ID: 16237
  • Refrain from changing designations unless absolutely necessary., CC ID: 16247
  • Separate designations from definitions., CC ID: 13328
  • Treat abbreviations as designations., CC ID: 13332


SELECTED AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS COMPLIED WITH



  • The coming together of a unique set of characteristics to make a concept is an everyday occurrence. The concept made up of this set of characteristics is represented by a designation (i.e. a term, appellation or symbol). Since a designation is not attributed to an object but to a concept, the latter… (§ 5.4.2 ¶ 1, ISO 704:2009 Terminology work -- Principles and methods)
  • The modelling of concept systems involves a series of interactive operations leading, for example, to the compilation of a terminological resource in a specific subject field. These operations generally include: ⎯ selecting the concept field, the preliminary designations and concepts to be treated… (§ 5.6.3 ¶ 2, ISO 704:2009 Terminology work -- Principles and methods)
  • assigning a designation to the concept. (5.4.2 ¶ 1 Bullet 7, ISO 704:2022 Terminology work — Principles and methods, 4)
  • selecting the concept field, the preliminary designations and concepts to be treated by taking into account the domain or subject as well as the target audience and its needs; (5.6.2 ¶ 1 Bullet 1, ISO 704:2022 Terminology work — Principles and methods, 4)
  • assigning designations to each concept. (5.6.2 ¶ 1 Bullet 6, ISO 704:2022 Terminology work — Principles and methods, 4)
  • If a nominal term or proper name can also represent a similar or different concept as a verb, adjective or adverb, the part of speech shall be specified in appropriate form. (6.4.2 ¶ 5, ISO 704:2022 Terminology work — Principles and methods, 4)
  • While words or lexical units are usually recorded in dictionaries describing general language, a terminology resource shall include designations. When providing designations, the needs of the target audience shall be taken into consideration: (7.1 ¶ 1, ISO 704:2022 Terminology work — Principles and methods, 4)
  • Designations using a letter of the alphabet to communicate the shape of the letter itself rather than its sound shall not be considered symbols, but terms (see Example 2 below). (7.5 ¶ 4, ISO 704:2022 Terminology work — Principles and methods, 4)
  • Determine the part of speech of the word, for the sense or senses you wish to define. (3, How to Write a Dictionary Definition)