title: Terminological systems: bridging the generation gap.
abstract: A rigorous formal description of the intended behaviour of a compositional terminology, a 'third generation' system, enables powerful semantic processing techniques to assist in the building of a large terminology. Use of an intermediate representation derived from such a formalism, but simplified to resemble a 'second generation' system, enables authors to work in an simpler and more familiar environment, avoiding many of the technical complications of the 'third generation' system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rector
mesh_terms: D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D012660:Semantics; D012984:Software; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled