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Event, hobby and education classifications published

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In May 2021, The Finnish Terminology Centre and the City of Turku initiated a project to create classifications on events, recreational activities and education. The work took place under the umbrella of a more general project Asiakaslähtöinen toteutus tapahtuma-, harrastus- ja koulutusdatan hallinnoimiselle ja tarjoamiselle kohderyhmälähtöisissä näkymissä (Customer-oriented implementation for managing and providing event, hobby and training data in a target group-oriented outlook).

Business Ontology combined with the Finnish Ontology for Public Administration Services

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The Finnish Terminology Centre commenced in September 2020 an ontology project in which the concepts of the Business Ontology were combined to the Finnish Ontology for Public Administration Services. On the same occasion, the General Finnish Ontology on which the Finnish Ontology for Public Administration Services is built, was updated to its newest frozen version (2021.3.Epikuros). These ontology works were completed in summer 2021. The Finnish Ontology for Public Administration Services now has more than 5800 concepts. The ontology contains information in Finnish, Swedish and English, but this project only focused on the information in Finnish.

Terminology work on information security

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The National Emergency Supply Agency commissioned the Finnish Terminology Centre for a terminology project in March 2022. The aim of the project is to provide concept descriptions for five to ten key concepts related to information security and influencing on information. The terms and concept descriptions will be given in Finnish and term equivalents in English.

The terminology work will be carried out by a terminologist of the Finnish Terminology Centre in close collaboration with subject field experts from various organisations. The project will be carried out in spring 2022.

Glossary of Adapted Physical Activity

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The Finnish Terminology Centre and the Finnish Society of Sport Sciences started terminology work in the end of 2021. The aim is to define about 50 concepts related to exercise and sports for persons with a disability. Terms and concept descriptions are given in Finnish, equivalents in Swedish and English. The glossary will be ready in autumn 2022.

Terminology work on internal security

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The Ministry of the Interior commissioned the Finnish Terminology Centre for a terminology project in February 2022. The aim of the project is to provide definitions for some 50 to 70 concepts related to inner security. The project aims to provide definitions to concepts that are recognized as central among the internal security operators and that are not included in other glossaries. The concepts will be given terms and concept descriptions in Finnish and term equivalents in English.

Terminology work on green areas

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The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency commissioned the Finnish Terminology Centre for a terminology project in January 2022. The aim of the project is to provide definitions for some 70 concepts related to green areas. The terms and concept descriptions will be given in Finnish.

MAO/TAO ontology updated

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The MAO/TAO Ontology in the Finnish National Library's Finto service

The Finnish Terminology Centre and the Finnish Heritage Agency initiated an ontology project in 2019. The project aimed at expanding the Ontology for Museum Domain (MAO/TAO) with concepts related to archeological artefacts. An updated version of the ontology was published in late 2019, after which the project was continued.

Digital publication Begreppsarbete och informationshantering (NORDTERM 22) available

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The presentations held in the Nordterm 2021 webinar have now been compiled as a digital publication 'Begreppsarbete och informationshantering (NORDTERM 22)', available in PDF format on the Nordterm website. The publication includes articles based on the presentations, reports from the Nordterm Steering Committee and the Nordterm working groups and reports from the language areas represented in Nordterm. The articles and reports are written in Danish, English, Norwegian and Swedish.