About
The ISO/TC 211 Multi-Lingual Glossary of Terms (MLGT) is the glossary for geographic information technology from ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics.
The online version of the MLGT served on the Geolexica platform fully reflect entries from the authoritative English terms that originate from ISO/TC 211 standards.
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English terms and definitions are from published ISO/TC 211 standards (normative);
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Terminology entries are translated across fourteen languages. While these are considered informative, they may be based on authoritative national standards in their respective countries.
Current content (20230420 edition)
The current contents in the online version of the ISO/TC 211 MLGT are from the 5th release of the MLGT (20230420 edition), consisting of:
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1507 English language terminology entries (terms/definitions) from published ISO/TC 211 standards as of June 2020;
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0 translated terminology entries (full or partial) covering fourteen languages, which represents close to all of the participating countries in ISO/TC 211.
Resource links
The MLGT spreadsheet and corresponding documentation can be downloaded from the ISO/TC 211 Resources page.
Responsibility
The MLGT is managed by the ISO/TC 211 Terminology Maintenance Group (TMG). The convenor of the TMG is Mr. Reese Plews of Japan.
The online version of ISO/TC 211 MLGT is jointly managed by the TMG and Ribose, the official ISO/TC 211 web service provider and Registration Authority of the ISO Geodetic Register.
Feedback
Feedback for ISO/TC 211 MLGT can be submitted on the Feedback page.
Identified issues that are publicly visible are maintained at the TMG GitHub Issues page.
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