World's first multilingual book on big data terminology launched

Big Data Terminology, world's first multilingual big data terminology book, is launched online on Monday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Big Data Terminology, the world's first multilingual big data terminology book, was launched on May 18 in Beijing and Guiyang, according to local officials.

The book, compiled by the Big Data Strategy Laboratory and published by Science Press, features the wisdom of dozens of professional institutions and hundreds of experts at home and abroad.

Lian Yuming, chief editor of the book and director of the Big Data Strategy Laboratory, said that the book has put forward a terminology framework covering the nine categories of big data: foundation, strategy, technology, economy, finance, governance, standards, security and law.

A total of 5,692 standard terminologies related to big data are included in the book. They are high-frequency words selected from four authoritative databases, including the Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index, the Engineering Index and the Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings.

In addition, the book provides a multilingual comparison of big data terminology for people in different countries and regions, helping the formation of an international standard system. It covers 11 major languages, involving more than 200 countries and regions in the world.

According to the China National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies, the book has laid a solid foundation for China to take the lead in the research and promotion of big data terminology.

The International Knowledge Center for Engineering Sciences and Technology, under the auspices of UNESCO, also highly praised the book. "Based on the communication and learning of big data standard terminology, the book lets people in different countries and from different cultural backgrounds fully understand and recognize the concept of big data," it said.

It was reported that the phrase "big data terminology" was first coined in Guiyang, and was defined as the standard terminology system of big data.

Southwest China's Guizhou province is the first national big data comprehensive pilot area. In recent years, its capital city Guiyang has achieved great progress in big data development. The book also showcases the city's internationalization and innovation.

Zhao Yandi contributed to this story