TermWeb from Interverbum Technology has been chosen as the terminology management system for the GALA Model Service Elements project, one of the two core programs of the GALA Standards Initiative and Interverbum Technology has donated a TermWeb license to help support this worthwhile project, which aims to define the terms and services used in the industry to provide a neutral, third-party reference that all parties can rely on, as well as business resources (such as tools for building RFPs, SLAs, project plans, etc.).
By bringing transparency to the localization industry, this project will help professionalize the industry, reduce conflict, increase buyer confidence, and promote quality services that meet buyer needs.
Arle Lommel, Coordinator of the GALA Standards Initiative, says that “the GALA Standards Initiative looked at various options for managing localization-industry terminology, and it made sense to go with TermWeb, which is based on central industry standards, for a project to promote standards.”
One of the objectives of the project is to deliver definitions of industry terms that will be determined by the localization community through an online portal. The portal will be available through the GALA website in early 2012 where users will access the completely web-based TermWeb and its collaborative-friendly functionality.
