Traffic ontology LIIKO expanded with rail transport concepts

LIIKO on the Finto service

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, the Finnish Railway Museum and the Finnish Terminology Centre initiated together an ontology project in the beginning of 2020. During the project the organizations expanded the Traffic Ontology LIIKO with some 750 concepts related to rail transport. The structure of the ontology was also updated.

Terminology work on information management

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency commissioned the Finnish Terminology Centre for a terminology project in May 2021. The aim of the project is to provide definitions for some 50 concepts related to information management. The terms and concept descriptions will be given in Finnish.

The terminology work will be carried out by a terminologists of the Finnish Terminology Centre in close collaboration with subject field experts from the agency. The terminology will be finished by the end of 2021.

Presentations from Nordterm 2021 available online

NOTE: The presentations are no longer available, but articles based on the presentations have been published as a part of the digital publication 'Begreppsarbete och informationshantering (NORDTERM 22)' which is available on the Nordterm website free of charge.
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Nordterm 2021: Abstracts available online

Abstracts for the Nordterm 2021 webinar are now available on the webinar website.

Registration for the webinar is open until 17 May 2021. More information on registration

Abstracts

Abstracts for the Nordterm 2021 webinar are available:

  • Tuesday 1 June 2021
  • Wednesday 2 June 2021
  • Terminology for National Address Information System

    The National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) commissioned the Finnish Terminology Centre for a terminology project in the beginning of this year. The aim of the project is to provide concept descriptions for some 30 concepts related to addresses. The terms and concept descriptions will be given in Finnish and term equivalents in Swedish and English.

    EU Core Vocabularies in Finnish

    The Finnish Terminology Centre and the Digital and Population Data Services Agency began in November 2020 cooperation to define concepts of the EU Core Vocabularies. EU Core Vocabularies - Ehdotus suomenkieliseksi sanastoksi, a proposal for a Finnish vocabulary, contains the following vocabularies: Core Person Vocabulary, Core Public Organisation Vocabulary, Core Business Vocabulary as well as Core Criterion and Core Evidence Vocabulary.

    Terminology work for the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency

    The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency commissioned the Finnish Terminology Centre for a terminology project in March. The aim of the project is to provide terms and definitions for circa five concepts related to the documents that concern the approval of products and materials used in development and road projects. The terms and concept descriptions will be given in Finnish.

    Programme for Nordterm 2021 available

    The Finnish Terminology Centre and the University of Helsinki arrange the Nordterm 2021 webinar with the theme 'Terminology Work and Information Management' on 1-2 June. The webinar is free of charge and open to everyone interested in the theme.

    The programme for the webinar has now been published online. Registration will be open until 17 May.

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    Abstracts for Nordterm 2021 to be submitted by 12 March

    The Finnish Terminology Centre and the University of Helsinki will arrange Nordterm 2021 Webinar on 1–2 June 2021. The free-of-charge webinar's theme is 'Terminology Work and Information Management'. It will be held via Zoom.