intermediaatsete
Intermediaatsete is a term that appears in some Estonian-language discussions of data and media production to denote intermediate artifacts produced during a workflow. It is typically used to refer to items that sit between raw inputs and the final published or delivered product, such as intermediate datasets, mock-ups, prototypes, staging files, or metadata records. The word is formed by combining an inter- prefix with a local plural suffix, and its exact etymology varies by author; it is not uniformly defined across disciplines.
Usage and scope: In practice, intermediaatsete are outputs intended for internal use, analysis, or provenance tracking,
Examples of intermediaatsete include datasets created during cleaning and transformation, wireframes and mock-ups used to guide
Relation to related concepts: The term is closely linked to ideas of data provenance, reproducible research,