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Language and Terminology

Defined Term

A word or phrase given a stipulated meaning for the purposes of a document, binding wherever it appears and managed rather than retyped.

Definition

What Defined Term Means

In regulated documents a defined term is not decoration. It carries a specific meaning assigned in a definitions section, and every use of it inherits that meaning.

Managing them as content rather than convention is what keeps a library honest. When the definition changes, every reference should follow, and a system that links uses to the definition makes that automatic rather than aspirational.

Managing defined terms

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Beyond the Definition

Knowing what a term means is the easy half. If you need to know what it obligates on your program, that is the conversation we are built for.