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This International Standard specifies a framework designed to provide guidance on the basic principles for representing data recorded in terminological data collections. This framework includes a metamodel and methods for describing specific terminological markup languages (TMLs) expressed in XML. The mechanisms for implementing constraints in a TML are defined in this International Standard, but not the specific constraints for individual TMLs. This International Standard is designed to support the development and use of computer applications for terminological data and the exchange of such data between different applications. It does not standardize data categories and methods for specifying data categories, which is covered by ISO 12620:2009 and the ISO TC37 Data Category Registry (DCR). This International Standard also defines the conditions that allow the data expressed in one TML to be mapped onto another TML and specifies a generic mapping tool (GMT) for this purpose (see Annex A). In addition, this International Standard describes a generic modelling framework for describing linguistic data. Two existing TMLs are known to comply with this International Standard: ISO 30042:- TermBase eXchange, and GENETER.