Terminological phrasemes in OntoTerm®

Terminology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Montero Martínez ◽  
Mercedes Garcia de Quesada ◽  
Pedro A. Fuertes Olivera
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Traditional View ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Multiword Units

In this article we describe a theoretical and practical approach to the analysis of phraseological units, specifically terminological phrasemes (Meyer and Mackintosh 1994, 1996), as entities determined by predicate relations, leaving aside, therefore, the traditional view of collocations and compounds as static structures following specific syntactic patterns. Instead, we claim that these units can be considered as terminographic formalizations of a conceptual structure, a phraseme template, established according to certain ontological patterns. This phraseological analysis accounts for phenomena such as multidimensionality, recursiveness and inheritance, which pose a problem in the management of multiword units. We are currently implementing this methodology in OntoTerm®, a concept-oriented tool for terminology management used in a research project called OncoTerm, whose scope of study has been, so far, the subdomain of oncology.

Utilización de técnicas de corpus en la representación del conocimiento médico

Terminology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Faber ◽  
Clara I. López Rodríguez ◽  
Maribel Tercedor
Keyword(s):  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Knowledge Structures ◽  
Conceptual Category ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Conceptual Information ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Knowledge Resource ◽  
Medical Concepts

Advances in corpus linguistics are of vital importance in terminology. The information obtained from corpora can be used to complement data already codified in dictionaries and termbases. In this article, we describe a framework of linguistic analysis that facilitates the extraction of conceptual information from corpora, and thus contributes to the study and analysis of terminological contexts. We are presently using this methodology in a research project called Oncoterm. One of the objectives of this project is to elaborate a bilingual terminological database, whose conceptual structure is an extension of an existing knowledge resource, the Mikrokosmos Ontology. In our termbase, medical concepts are organized in categories represented by templates, which are systematically applied to all category members. The application of the template to more specific concepts generates values that show the inheritance of knowledge structures within a specialized domain. The definitional information within each term entry is thus totally coherent with the information regarding other terms within the same conceptual category. This is conducive to the specification of a language of terminographic definition, which is concise, consistent and applicable not only to the domain of oncology, but also extensive to other medical domains and other languages.

Propuesta de estructura definicional terminográfica en OntoTerm®

Terminology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Garcia de Quesada ◽  
Pedro A. Fuertes Olivera ◽  
Silvia Montero Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Knowledge Structures ◽  
Conceptual Category ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Conceptual Relations ◽  
Medical Concepts

This article describes a framework for definitional analysis that presents definitions as dynamic entities encompassing both conceptual relations, following a category template pattern, and its formalization in the terminological definitional structure. The definitional analysis accounts for various levels of complexity, depending on how detailed the understanding is or needs to be in a specific contextual situation. We are presently using this methodology in a research project called OncoTerm. One of the objectives of this project is to elaborate a bilingual terminological database, whose conceptual structure is an extension of an existing resource, the Mikrokosmos Ontology. In our termbase, medical concepts are organized in categories represented by templates, which are systematically applied to all category numbers. The application of the template to more specific concepts generates values that show the inheritance of knowledge structures within a specialized domain. The definitional information within each term entry is thus totally coherent with the information regarding other terms within the same conceptual category. This approach leads to the specification of a language of terminographic definition, which is concise, consistent and applicable not only to the domain of oncology, but to other medical domains and other languages.

scholarly journals Psychiatric ethics and research

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 670-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Research Project

Formal teaching in ethics is neglected in psychiatric training. This paper takes a practical approach in outlining ethical issues relevant to different stages of a research project. It is suggested that whatever the scale of the research, it is important to examine the ethical issues which surround the development of a project, as well as those which are integral to the protocol.

Reflections on the Cognitive Interviewing Reporting Framework

Methodology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Willis ◽  
Hennie Boeije
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Cognitive Testing ◽  
Level Of Detail ◽  
Cognitive Interviewing ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Reporting Framework ◽  
Full Explanation ◽  
Key Steps

Based on the experiences of three research groups using and evaluating the Cognitive Interviewing Reporting Framework (CIRF), we draw conclusions about the utility of the CIRF as a guide to creating cognitive testing reports. Authors generally found the CIRF checklist to be usable, and that it led to a more complete description of key steps involved. However, despite the explicit direction by the CIRF to include a full explanation of major steps and features (e.g., research objectives and research design), the three cognitive testing reports tended to simply state what was done, without further justification. Authors varied in their judgments concerning whether the CIRF requires the appropriate level of detail. Overall, we believe that current cognitive interviewing practice will benefit from including, within cognitive testing reports, the 10 categories of information specified by the CIRF. Future use of the CIRF may serve to direct the overall research project from the start, and to further the goal of evaluation of specific cognitive interviewing procedures.

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