3.6.3. Types of Usage Labels

The main usage labels found in terminology databases are grouped into five categories:

• Sociolinguistic labels (the level of language of the term may be customary, scientific or jargon; the term may be standardized or officially approved).
• Geographic labels (the term may be specific to a particular country or region).
• Temporal labels (the term may be obsolete, archaic, or a neologism).
• Origin labels (the term may be preferred by a given company or in a certain subject field for reasons of originality in commercial competition).
• Frequency labels (the term may be used frequently, less frequently, or rarely).