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This document specifies quality-related aspects of terminology database maintenance. It provides a list of criteria to describe, compare and evaluate the design of termbases, the usability of terminology management software and the content of terminological data collections, with emphasis on data quality evaluation (completeness, consistency, reliability, relevance, accuracy, correctness, etc.). This document provides guidance for terminology managers responsible for the maintenance of termbases, as well as for external experts that are assigned to evaluate the data quality of terminology resources and the usability of termbase applications. It outlines principles for assuring data quality and evaluating terminological data collections for purposes of continuous improvement and is intended to document all features of a termbase in order to evaluate the quality. It is outside the scope of this document to discuss the detailed use of corpora and term extraction tools.