‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ of terminology in Cross Domain Fusion

Abstract

This article is a contribution to the Informatik Spektrum special issue „Cross-Domain Fusion“ – Heft 2. Terminologies are paramount to establish robust communication within interdisciplinary working groups inside and outside academia. To find the “common language” is hence essential and sometimes a long way to go. Within the idea of Cross Domain Fusion, we want to tackle this issue from the very beginning. Therefore, we set up a database based on the open source MediaWiki content management system. In this dictionary, a dedicated consortium from different disciplines evaluates terminologies used in Cross Domain Fusion and provides them within the Dialogue:Wiki. The aim is to provide accessible insight into commonalities and differences between different domain-specific terminologies to foster cross domain exchange.