Designation:E1964–98StandardPracticeforCompilingandWriting&Terminology1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1964;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticedescribesasystematicprocedureforcom-pilingandwritingaterminology.1.2Thispracticeisintendedtoprovideasystematicproce-dureforcompilingandpresentingaterminology,glossary,orsystemoftermsforacommitteeorotherorganization.1.3Theproceduresoutlinedinthispracticeareintendedtoassistusersinwritingtechnicaldocumentationfortermsthatarebuiltonaccurateandusefuldefinitions.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ISODocuments:2ISO704:1987PrinciplesandMethodsofTerminologyISO10241:1992TerminologyStandardsPreparationandLayoutISO12620Terminology—ComputerApplications—DataCategoriesISO1087TerminologyStudies—Vocabulary3.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1definition,n—statementthatdescribesaconceptandpermitsitsdifferentiationfromotherconceptswithinasystemofconcepts.(ISO1087)3.1.2terminology,n—asetoftermsrepresentingthecon-ceptsofafield.4.SummaryofPractice4.1Thispracticeprovidesasystematicmethodologyforselectingtermsandcompilingaterminology.5.SignificanceandUse5.1Listsoftermsandtheirdefinitionsareessentialtothemanagementofterminology.Inatechnicalcommitteeorotherorganization,terminologymanagementhelpsensurethattermsareusedanddefinedconsistentlywithinitspublications,therebycontributingtoaconsistentlevelofqualityinpubli-cationsthatpromotesimprovedcommunication.5.1.1Readersofdocumentsneedtoidentifykeytermsusedandtoknowtheprecisemeaningsintendedbytheauthors.5.1.2Vocalandwrittencommunicationsareclearerandmoreeffectivewhenbasedonaconceptualcomprehensionofthesignificantterms.5.1.3Specializedtermsusedindocumentsserveaskey-wordsforretrievinginformationfromdatabases.5.1.4Acomprehensivetermlistservesastheprimarymeansofintro...
