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.
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.
New and updated concepts:
The Finnish-Swedish glossary of Svenskt lagspråk i Finland (Slaf, handbook on Swedish legal language, VNK 2017) has bee added in TEPA Term Bank. The handbook is compiled by the Swedish Language Board.
Since 2017, the Finnish Terminology Centre has carried out terminology work for the KEHA Centre’s (Development and Administrative Services Centre for public employment services) TE-digi project (project which aims to develop a national digital “meeting place” for the supply and demand for labour). In spring 2021, this work was continued. The work will result in a glossary in which terms, definitions and notes are given in Finnish.
In autumn 2021, the Finnish Terminology Centre will continue the terminology work, commissioned by the CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd., with the aim of drawing up descriptions for the key concepts related to government grant activities and activities financed by government grants. The work is carried out in order to support the development and digitalisation of government grant activities.
The software company Trimble Solutions (formerly called Tekla) publishes and maintains Tekla Structures glossary, which is a terminology resource accompanying the Tekla Structures building information modelling software. The software and the glossary combine terminology from both construction and IT fields. The glossary provides terms and definitions in English for the central concepts of the software.
The Finnish Heritage Agency commissioned the Finnish Terminology Centre for a terminology project in August 2021. The aim of the project is to provide definitions for some 20 concepts related to renovating and conservation of buildings. The terms and concept descriptions will be given in Finnish.
The terminology work will be carried out by a terminologist of the Finnish Terminology Centre in close collaboration with subject field experts from the Finnish Heritage Agency. The terminology work will be finished by the end of 2021.
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.
