corpus

Definition

The set of all terms that are defined in each of the scopes under the conventions as defined by TOIP's Concepts and Terminology Working Group.

The purpose of having a corpus is that it allows for the development of tools that support authors and groups of people to better communicate, by enabling them to refer to the definition of a term whenever that term is used. This is particularly beneficial when a specific term can be interpreted in different ways (according to different definitions).

Tools that we envisage will query for terms from the corpus, and use that e.g. to create a custom glossary document, a terminology appendix in a paper you write, or as a resource from which you generate pop-up balloons in a website you create.