Terminology Identifiers

A Terminology Identifier a text that identifies a terminology from within a particular scope, and can also be used to find the MRG file (in the glossarydir of that same scope) that contains entries for every term contained in that terminology.

Syntax

The syntaxes that can be used for a terminology identifier are as follows (note that such syntax is typically preceded by the @-character):

• (empty string, null)
• scopetag
• scopetag:vsntag
• :vsntag

where

• the empty string (null) identifies the terminology that is being used by default in the context in which the terminology identifier is being used. Typically, that would be the default version of the terminology in the current scope. ¹

• scopetag is a scopetag that identifies the scope of the terminology. If scopetag is omitted, the scope defaults to the current scope.

• vsntag is a versiontag that identifies the version of the terminology to be used. If :vsntag (including the :) is omitted, the default version of the terminology is assumed, as specified in the defaultvsn field in the scope-section of the SAF of the scope in which the terminology is maintained.

Finding the MRG that corresponds with a Terminology Identifier

First, we assume that all MRGs (that have one or more MRG entries) that need to be referred to, are available in the glossarydir of the current scope.

Next, we have seen that every terminology identifier can be resolved into a valid scopetag and versiontag.

Since all MRGs follow the MRG naming conventions, it follows that the MRG that corresponds with a terminology identifier is in the file mrg.<scopetag>.<versiontag>.yaml in the glossarydir of the current scope.

Examples

In the following examples, we assume that

• tev2 is a scopetag that identifies the scope in which the TEv2 terminology is being curated.
• terms is a vsntag that identifies the terminology that consists of all terms that are defined within the scope identified by tev2.
• myscope is a scopetag that identifies the current scope.

terminology-identifier	refers to
@	the default terminology of the current scope (i.e., myscope).
@tev2	the default terminology of the scope tev2
@tev2:terms	the terminology that contains all terms that are defined within the scope tev2
@:terms	the terminology that contains all terms that are defined within the current scope (i.e.: myscope).

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1. When a terminology is being constructed, the empty string identifies the [terminology that is under construction](provisional MRG)(@).↩