@article{48886,
      recid = {48886},
      author = {Valentini, Cristina, and Westgate, Geoffrey, and Rouquet,  Philippe,},
      title = {The PCT Termbase of the World Intellectual Property  Organization : Designing a database for multilingual patent  terminology.},
      pages = {1 online resource (p. 171 - 200)},
      abstract = {Many key terminology databases are managed by national and  international organizations. However, the methodology  behind the development of such databases has rarely been  discussed. This paper presents the terminology database of  the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) of the World  Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the scientific  and technical patent terminology database in ten languages  available for browse online in WIPO Pearl. The article  discusses in detail the design and structure of the PCT  Termbase with reference to ISO standards. Divergences are  explained in light of specific aspects of the workflow and  the text type under consideration — patents. Thus,  traditional problematic areas of terminography are  addressed from a practical perspective, e.g. identifying  concepts and terms; attributing a concept to a specific  subject field in a multidisciplinary database; multilingual  equivalence; quality control in terminology management;  building domain ontologies from/in terminology databases. A  comprehensive understanding of the PCT Termbase is thereby  provided.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/48886},
}