Lunch Bites 2026: Are We Talking About the Same Thing? Standardising specialised Terms with the Vocabulary Development Support Service
by Mark Vanin (TIB Hannover)
The Vocabulary Development Support Service (VDST) is a collaborative vocabulary service designed to resolve terminology ambiguities and establish a shared terminology among members of a given community. The service collect terms, supports collaborative discussion and features a “consensus” voting mechanism, enabling users to collectively determine term stability and align on their definitions. Ultimately, VDST converts human-driven domain knowledge into a standardized, machine-readable format, with all information transparently hosted and maintained in a public GitHub repository.
Program
This Lunch Bite introduces the Vocabulary Development Support Service (VDST), a collaborative service for building shared, machine-readable vocabularies and resolving terminology ambiguities. The session consists of a 15-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute Q&A and discussion.
Registration
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Further Information
- ORCID of the speaker here
- Link to the Vocabulary Development Support Service
About NFDI4ING Lunch Bites
NFDI4ING Lunch Bites is a monthly online series featuring short presentations and discussions on Research Data Management in engineering. Each session consists of a 15-minute talk and a 15-minute Q&A, offering practical insights into research projects, workflows, tools, and services from the engineering community. The series takes place on the first Wednesday of every month.
More information on our Lunch Bites can be found here.
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