TS ISO/IEC 2382-23

TS ISO/IEC 2382-23 is the vocabulary part of information technology devoted to text processing terminology. It gathers selected concepts used in systems that create, edit, format, display, and output text, so that the same functional ideas can be understood consistently across languages and technical environments.

How the text-processing vocabulary is organised

In general technical terms, text processing is more than typing characters on a screen. It involves the structure of characters, words, lines, paragraphs, and whole documents, together with the rules used to represent, edit, display, format, and print them. In a vocabulary standard, these concepts are grouped so that software users, developers, and technical writers can rely on stable terminology rather than ad hoc wording.

According to the scope, this document contains 106 entries covering text processing, text and document structure, display functions, text editing, text editors, text and document formatting, and text output. That means it addresses the terminology behind common document-handling functions and the relationships between a text, its layout, and the systems that present or produce it.

• The scope is a terminology collection for selected information-technology concepts.
• Text preparation, editing, and formatting are central topics in this part.
• Display and output concepts are included alongside document-structure terminology.
• The aim is consistent international communication through defined terms and their relations.

This record corresponds to the TS edition of ISO/IEC 2382-23 and is now withdrawn. Even so, it remains useful as a reference point for understanding older text-processing terminology in information technology documentation.