General Information (SAP Library - Terminology and Glossary in SAPterm (BC-DOC-TER))

General Information

The SAPterm data structure is "concept-oriented". SAPterm is compatible with commercially available terminology databases, which are also concept-oriented.

Concept-orientation means that a concept is an abstract linguistic entity. A concept is defined by entries in various languages.

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A SAPterm concept has the following global attributes:

Application component to which this concept applies

Translation-relevance (which is indicated by its entry class)

Links to SAP objects and documentation, for example data elements, or Knowledge Warehouse documentation.

Each entry also has attributes:

Language
Valid Release range
Country-specific entry
Industry sector-specific entry
Grammatical attributes

A concept is a closed object. Concepts only have internal relationships, there are no relationships between concepts.

In contrast to a dictionary, you can search for the translation of a term in any language in a concept-oriented terminology database.

Concept-oriented terminology databases are particularly appropriate for managing technical terminology. It is less useful for managing a colloquial dictionary.