Representing Multimodality in Terminology Resources

Vezzani, Federica

Volume:: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2026)
Venue:: Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Date:: 11 to 16 May 2026
Pages:: 1320–1330
Publisher:: ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)
Licence:: CC BY-NC 4.0
DOI:: 10.63317/2n5q4sh59xp9
ISBN:: 978-2-493814-49-4

Abstract

This paper addresses the lack of a multimodal approach to specialized knowledge representation in terminology work. In particular, we introduce a new Multimodal Terminological Metamodel (MTM) for the design of terminology resources which introduces an explicit modality layer, enabling uniform modelling of different language modalities within domain-specific and concept-oriented resources. The metamodel is formalised via an entity-relationship schema and a systematic contrast with the baseline framework – the Terminological Markup Framework (TMF; ISO-16642 (2017)) – to specify revised entities, relations, and cardinalities. As case study, we instantiate the MTM for the signed modality by defining a minimal data-category module with level-placement constraints, and we provide a lightweight, TBX-inspired XML serialisation that packages modality-specific terminological data in a consistent structure. Together, these components deliver a reproducible specification for designing and exchanging multimodal terminology resources.

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Federica Vezzani. 2026. Representing Multimodality in Terminology Resources. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2026), pages 1320–1330, Palma, Mallorca, Spain. ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).

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@inproceedings{vezzani-2026-terminology:lrec,
  author    = {Vezzani, Federica},
  title     = {Representing Multimodality in Terminology Resources},
  pages     = {1320--1330},
  editor    = {Piperidis, Stelios and Bel, N{\'u}ria and van den Heuvel, Henk and Ide, Nancy and Krek, Simon and Toral, Antonio},
  booktitle = {15th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation ({LREC} 2026)},
  publisher = {{ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)}},
  address   = {Palma, Mallorca, Spain},
  day       = {11--16},
  month     = may,
  year      = {2026},
  isbn      = {978-2-493814-49-4},
  language  = {english},
  url       = {https://lrec.elra.info/lrec2026-main-102},
  doi       = {10.63317/2n5q4sh59xp9}
}