READIT-2007 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Glossary Development
Figure-4: Home page of Placement module for Trainee Engineers
GLOSSARY is intended to provide:
• A comprehensive reference and development portal for important definitions
of technical terms used in NPCIL.
• A comprehensive feedback mechanism for continual improvement / upgradation
of technical terminology and the in-house developed system.
• A reference portal for definitions of important technical terminology from
other agencies (provided as linked web-site / approved published document).
The initial version of GLOSSARY is being released with sample definitions
extracted from glossaries of AERB, IAEA, US-NRC, European-Nuclear-Society,
World Nuclear Association etc. It supports the following activities:
• Text search of definitions of glossary terms
• View structural categorization such as definition sources, references, related
subjects, developer / reviewer references etc.
• Development of new glossary terms with structured categorization
• Review/approval of new glossary terms
• Multi-level user definitions and graded user interface
• Capture /view feedback on individual glossary items
A committee for monitoring and approving glossary content has been formed
for enriching the technical content. A few key persons are to be identified from major
groups of HQs for development of new terminology. A typical snapshot of first
screen of web application is given below:
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