TBXvorming

TBXvorming is a term that may appear in contexts dealing with the creation and handling of terminology within the TBX format. There is no widely established definition of TBXvorming as a standalone concept in standard Dutch lexicography, but it is commonly used to denote the process of generating and organizing TBX-compatible term data for use in terminology management and translation workflows.

TBX, short for TermBase eXchange, is an ISO standard designed to enable the exchange of terminology information between multilingual terminology management systems. The TBX format is XML-based and typically represents terms within term entries, language sections, and term forms, along with metadata such as definitions, subject fields, and validity notes. In practice, TBX workflows aim to capture linguistic data consistently and to enable reuse across projects.

In a TBXvorming workflow, practitioners collect terms from source materials, normalize spelling and capitalization, assign each term to a concept identifier, and generate language-specific forms and variants. The resulting TBX data can be validated against schema rules, aligned with glossaries or ontologies, and exported for use in translation memories and terminology portals. Quality assurance, governance, and version control are common components of the process.

The benefits of TBXvorming include improved consistency, interoperability between tools, and efficiency in localization and documentation projects. Challenges include the complexity of TBX schemas, the need for ongoing terminology governance, and the difficulty of handling language-specific morphology and polysemy.

See also TBX (TermBase eXchange), terminology management, localization, XML.