Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Public/StartPageTerminology

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Apr 12, 2023, 11:29:35 AM (13 months ago)

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Boris Horner

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Public/StartPageTerminology

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 = Terminology Management Systems
-A Product Information Management System (PIM) is a database specialized on managing hierarchical product and component data like product families, groups and individual products and articles representing product variants. Nodes on every level can be assigned various information like technical data fields, product images but also commercial information like prices or number of articles in stock, drawn from external systems like ERP.
+A Terminology Management System (TMS) is a database providing a data model for the organization of multilingual terminology that must (or must not) be used in any written communication in its scope. TMS help organizing terminology on a level that defines a concept (including pictures, written definitions and references to other sources). The concept level contains references to mandatory and forbidden designations in the various languages. Both concepts and designations can have further attributes (for example, properties like gender or other types of grammatical classification). Modifications are tracked.
 
-Data in a PIM can be used in various ways:
-* Source of product validity master data used in a [wiki:Public/StartPageCinnamon CMS]
-* Supply of product data to be inserted into manuals managed in a [wiki:Public/StartPageCinnamon CMS]
-* Publication of data sheets (typically using internal publication engines for simple layouts)
-* Publication of catalogs and other marketing information (often using Adobe® !InDesign as a publication engine, allowing more complex and flexible layout)
-* Serving a shop system as a back-end
+Due to the high relevance of TMS for both technical writers using an tools like XML or other editors and a CCMS, and translators using a TM, it is common that there are integrations of TMS with XML editors and Translation Memory solutions available. Many Translation Memory software vendors, particularly the well-known market leaders, also have TMS products that integrate with their own and possibly other tools.
 
-= Open Source Solutions
-There are many commercial PIM solutions on the market, many of them for specialized purposes. Only the smaller part are fit for managing complex, hierarchical technical product data, many are rather focused on selling clothing and other items of low complexity in a shop. There are also a few Open Source systems, among them [https://pimcore.com/ pimcore], is a powerful system with a broad choice of extensions and a large market share.
+To enable data exchange between TMS from different vendors, there is an XML based standard exchange format, TBX (**T**erm **Base** e**X**change). Most TMS solutions can read and write TBX.
 
-= Commercial Solutions
-Even though there are good arguments in favour of Open Source solutions, this does not mean that Open Source solutions are always the best choice. The selection of a PIM solution is a strategic decision for the following decade (at least), and should be made carefully, based on the current and future requirements. All systems on the market have different strengths and weaknesses, and therefore, there is no //one size fits all// solution. In some cases, an Open Source system is the best choice, in others, a commercial system fits the functional and budgetary needs best.
+= pureTBX
+Our own product [wiki:Public/Products/pureTBX pureTBX] is strictly based on TBX.
 
-We offer to provide our expertise in [wiki:Public/StartPageProductSelection product selection consultancy] to find the optimal system for you. From the entire market of commercial and open systems, we choose the optimal solution for your applications.
+Like any other TMS, it allows you to manage different terminologies and edit concepts and terms. There are different views and filters to efficiently find the data you are looking for. Since pureTBX works on the TBX standard as its native data model, you can export or import data from other vendors' systems anytime.
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+[wiki:Public/Products/pureTBX pureTBX] is a lightweight solution by design, and therefore, we not only offer a client-server-version based on an XML database, but also a stand-alone, single-user version that works on local files.
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+Apart from standard TMS functionality, [wiki:Public/Products/pureTBX pureTBX] allows you to easily find and repair duplicates, contradictions and infrictions of rules that you define by Regular Expressions.
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 = What we can do for you
-* PIM [wiki:Public/StartPageProductSelection product selection consultancy]. 
-* Concepts for new installations, migrations, interfaces and data models for PIM systems.
-* [wiki:Public/StartPageDevelopmentTechDoc Interface implementation].
-* Together with a partner, we created a solution for publishing product data and technical documentation stored in [https://pimcore.com/ pimcore] to DITA, and then to the desired target formats with DITA-OT.
+* TMS [wiki:Public/StartPageProductSelection product selection consultancy], if you need a full-scale system from one of the major vendors. 
+* Demonstrate the features of [wiki:Public/Products/pureTBX pureTBX], if you need a lightweight system that fits in your budget.
+* Demonstrate the features of [wiki:Public/Products/pureTBX pureTBX], if you own a TMS and need a solution to assure quality of the terminology, based on exported and imported TBX from your TMS.
+* Concepts and [wiki:Public/StartPageDevelopmentTechDoc interface implementation] for integration with other software products, like editors, Translation Memory etc.