γλωσσάριονglōssárion · a small glossary

One concept,
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Glossarist is open-source software for maintaining multi-language concept systems — aligned with ISO standards for terminology management, from model to publication.

Explore the Model GitHub

33Entity Types

52Relationship Types

145Properties

7Designation Types

32SHACL Shapes

01How It Works

From concept to publication.

A structured pipeline that takes you from domain modeling to multilingual terminology publication.

Model

Define your concept system using the rich Glossarist domain model — entity types, typed relationships, validation shapes.

Concept Model →

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Author

Write terminology concepts in human-readable YAML. ManagedConcept, LocalizedConcept, designations, sources.

YAML Schemas →

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Process

Read, validate, transform, and export using the Ruby gem or JavaScript SDK.

JS SDK →

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Publish

Deploy as an interactive concept browser, SKOS thesaurus, or TBX exchange format.

See Geolexica →

02Software Ecosystem

Four tools, one mission.

From Ruby gems to desktop apps — the complete toolchain for terminology management.

Glossarist ruby

v2.10.4

Ruby gem implementing the Glossarist concept model. Read, write, validate, and manage terminology concepts with multi-language YAML serialization, GCR packages, dataset-aware sections, non-verbal entities, and TBX/SKOS/Turtle export with SHACL validation.

Glossarist js

v0.4.15

JavaScript SDK for Glossarist GCR packages. Read, write, validate, and manage terminology concepts with bidirectional YAML serialization, cross-reference resolution, RDF emitters for concepts/datasets/groups/vocabularies/bibliographies/provenance, and SHACL validation.

Glossarist desktop

v1.6.40

Desktop viewer and editor for concept registries. Manage concepts, propose changes, and review change requests from a native app on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Concept Browser

v0.7.67

Interactive browser for terminology datasets. Multi-dataset, multilingual concept browsing with 3D relation sphere, edition series, dataset groups, sections tree, math rendering, and per-concept RDF/SHACL outputs.

03Developer Experience

Structured data, any language.

Author in YAML, process with Ruby or JavaScript, export to TBX, SKOS, Turtle, or JSON-LD.

YAML — Human-Readable Concept Data

Write terminology concepts in structured YAML. Each file contains a ManagedConcept with all localizations, designations, and relationships.

Schema Reference →

# concepts/3.1.1.1.yaml
termid: "3.1.1.1"
status: valid

eng:
  terms:
    - type: expression
      designation: "entity"
      normative_status: preferred
  definition:
    - content: "A concrete or abstract thing"

fra:
  terms:
    - designation: "entité"
  definition:
    - content: "chose concrète ou abstraite"