New: Sample TBX data and conversions from proprietary industry terminology formats to TBX

TBX is an open XML-based standard format for terminological data. This standard provides a number of benefits so long as TBX files can be imported into and exported from most software packages that include a terminological database. This capability will greatly facilitate the flow of terminological information throughout the information cycle both inside an organization and with outside service providers. In addition, terminology that is made available to the general public will become much more accessible to humans and more easily integrated into existing terminological resources.

For an introduction to TBX and why it is important, please view our Introduction to TBX presentation.

Important information regarding Intellectual Property Restrictions on TBX. TBX is open source and royalty free. The following statement from Gerhard Budin, coordinator of the SALT project, which has provided the basis for TBX, sets forth the terms under which TBX was transferred to LISA:

The SALT project is an open-source project creating open standards. Some of the results of the SALT project have been turned into ISO standards or have been integrated into revised ISO standards, and ISO IPR policies apply to these. Control of TBX has been handed over from the SALT project (by the European Commission as its legal representative) to LISA (and its OSCAR Special Interest Group). All work carried out by the SALT project was explicitly royalty free and all IPR donations to the SALT project were made under a royalty free license arrangement. The directors of the SALT project hope that LISA continues this open policy in order to promote such standards.

TBX format specifications working draft GZip/WinZip [May 2002] Please note that this replaces the March 2002 TBX Specification Files Package.

1. TBXcsV01.xsd

The w3c schema version of the core structure.

2. TBXdsV1-0.xml

The xdr schema of the XCS file.

3. TBXDv04.xml

The XCS file (default list of datacategories in TBX)

4. TBXspecV1j.DOC

TBX spec

5. TBXcdv04.dtd

The DTD for the core structure

6. encodingGuidelines.htm

a file refered to in the spec that defines the contents of the XCS file

7. TBX_DataCategoriesV1.htm

a companion to the TBX_DataCategoriesV1.htm file that gives example encodings of every datcat. It should be put in the same directory as the TBX_DataCategoriesV1.htm file for the hyperlinking to work correctly.