4.5.1. Introduction — Terminology Data Management Tools

Introduction

In this lesson, you will learn about some of the terminology data management tools that are available for the second stage of terminology work, creating records.

Terminology management tools allow you not only to store and retrieve terminology records, but to perform the following tasks, among others:

• Group records according to selected criteria for such tasks as exportation to another format, deletion, revision, global modification (for example, of subject fields, sources or errors).
• Update or delete individual records.
• Re-sort records according to selected keys or combinations of keys.
• Obtain statistical information about your collection so that you can analyze its evolution, gaps, age, coverage, etc.
• Track changes to individual records or to your collection as a whole.
• Exchange records with other individuals or organizations.
• Control the values or kinds of information that may be entered into certain fields (a process known as validation).
• Impose a security schema for reading and updating the records in your collection.
• Access your records using any field or combination of fields as search criteria.

Objectives

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• List the different types of terminology data management tools.
• Describe the functionality of the different tools.