The EUROCONTROL ATM Lexicon offers the whole aeronautical community single access to a terminology tool containing ATM-related terms and their validated definitions. Based on a semantic MediaWiki platform, it also provides an environment where experts can make their own contributions and discuss new concepts and definitions.
“One sky – one term“ is what EUROCONTROL is aiming for with their very own lexicon for ATM – a field that is constantly having to deal with new technical terms and definitions.
Experts don’t always agree on concepts, meanings and definitions and this is why there is a need for the collection, validation and harmonisation of expert knowledge within a single tool.
The current EUROCONTROL ATM Lexicon is a beta version containing a start-up corpus of terms and definitions.
EUROCONTROL promises that it will be updated on a daily basis and is expected to grow from the current 600 terms to more than 1,500 terms by the end of 2010. You are also being invited to contribute. Check out how to do that here.
Access the ATM Lexicon here.