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Scope Directory

Summary

A scope directory is a directory in a computer file system that contains all files that are either being curated within a particular scope, or generated to serve some purpose within that scope.

Specifically, every scope directory contains at least:

Typically, a scopedir might also contain other files, e.g. for generating e.g. a statical website, whitepapers, and other kinds of documentation.

From the perspective of a group of people that want to do something together, and that have agreed to put their files in one place, e.g. a github or gitlab repository, it may be convenient to add documentation for their terminologies in (a subdirectory of) that directory, and organize it as a scopedir, by adding a SAF, a curatedir and a glossarydir in it.

Purpose

The purpose of scopedirs is to have all artifacts related to a particular scope in a single location, so that they can be easily used by tools, and there is a basis for sharing terminological work between scopes

Criteria

A scope directory is a directory in a computer file system that contains all files that are either being curated within a particular scope, or generated to serve some purpose within that scope.