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Contribute a Term

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Sign in as a Term Contributor

To contribute a term, you must first sign in as a term contributor. Your Acrolinx administrator should have provided you with sign-in details and the appropriate role required to contribute terms.

To sign in as a term contributor, follow these steps:

  1. Access the term contribution page by using a web browser to open following URL:

    http://<SERVER_ADDRESS>/termcontribution.html

    (<SERVER_ADDRESS>is the IP address or host name of your Acrolinx Platform)

    The Sign-In page appears.

  2. Enter your Username and Password.

  3. (Optional) Change the Interface language.

  4. Click Sign In.

Contribute a New Term

To contribute a new term, follow these steps:

  1. Open the term contributor and enter the your term in the Term field.

  2. Select a Domain. Not sure which domain to select? Learn more about domains.

  3. Select a language for your term.

  4. Optional: Add an example sentence or a comment.

  5. Click Submit. If the submission is successful, Acrolinx will display the Term Submitted page.

If you want to return to the term contribution page, you can select Submit Another Term .

By default, all contributed terms have the Status proposed in the Terminology Manager. The information in the Comments field can be used to get more information about a contributed term.

Proposed terms are normally reviewed by terminologists, subject-matter experts, and technical editors. Unlike the term contributor, these users have regular access to the Dashboard and the Terminology Manager.

Add Comments to a New Term

You can use comments to provide additional information on a proposed term or explain why a term should be included in the terminology database. You can also use comments to discuss the validation of existing terms with other users. You can add multiple comments to the same term, and each comment can contain up to 3000 characters.

You can add comments to new terms via the Comments field on the term contribution page.

Add Comments to an Existing Term

You must have a role with the privilege Add comments to existing terms.

To add an additional comment to an existing term, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Acrolinx Term Browser.

  2. Search for the term you want to edit.

  3. Open the term help and click Add Comment.

    Tip

    The Add Comment link may look different depending on how your administrator has configured your term help template.

  4. (Follow this step if you aren’t already signed in to the Add Comment page) sign in with your Username and Password.

  5. Enter your comment in the text box.

  6. (Optional) Activate the checkbox Request review so that your terminologist can easily find your new comment.

    The Request review option is available if the Terminology Manager was configured correctly. If the Request review option isn’t available, your terminologist must configure the Process Status field to include the status review requested.

  7. Click Submit.