3.3.6. Key Points

Here are some key points to remember:

• You use the documentation you have selected to identify terms, to collect and analyze information about concepts and their relationships, and to note textual supports that may be used on terminology records. This information may be organized into single-concept terminology case files.
• By performing sound conceptual analysis to identify the characteristics of concepts and the relationships among concepts in a concept field, you can be sure that your terminology products are logical, accurate and cohesive.
• Term extraction, or scanning for terms, involves the careful reading of selected documentation to identify candidate terms that are pertinent to your field of research and noting textual supports that provide information about the related concepts.