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Introduction to the LexALP Term Bank database concept

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LexALP Term Bank

LexALP Term Bank is a terminological database

LexALP Term Bank– no local client necessary

– web-based (Firefox)

– limited permission system (“wiki” concept)

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LexALP Term Bank

database concept:– 4 languages (DE, FR, IT, SL)– within each language: legal systems– Example (FR)

1. Convention alpine: AC [Alpine Convention]2. Traités internationaux: INT3. Droit européen: EU4. Droit national français: FR

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LexALP Term Bank

Each term within a legal system is stored as a separate terminological entry

for a single term within a language there are multiple entries, usually one per legal system

other terminological databases: one entry containing all languages and all legal systems

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LexALP Term Bank

Example: Entries for the term “autoroute” in all languages

(flag = legal system)

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“inter-lingual acception” ≈ equivalence ≈ synonymy

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“related axie”

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The entries “streng geschützte Art“ (A) and “besonders geschützte Art” (B) may not be connected to the main axie, because there’s no “inter-lingual acception” with “rechtlich geschützte Art”: subsumed concepts! A and B may not be connected to the same related axie either, because of missing inter-lingual acception between A und B.

Axierechtlich geschützte Art

(FR.)

(IT)

(SL)

related axie

related axieA: streng geschützte Art

B: besonders geschützte Art

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LexALP Term Bank

LexALP Information System: http://www.eurac.edu/lexalp