Hi Dan,

A simple but effective approach would be to expand the term list content included with the Recorder installation in the UK, and to include the new terms in the upgrade. It would be possible to perform auto-reallocation of matching existing terms using the upgrade kit, so someone who already has DAFOR as a measurement will not end up with duplicate terms. Of course if they have written it differently e.g. D.A.F.O.R. then we might not pick it up unless we could predict the different term beforehand.

The disadvantage of this approach is everyone will get the same terms, so it doesn't cater for having terms which are only applicable to certain recording groups but are widely used within those groups. I suppose a simple approach to this issue would be to publish a number of optional import files containing terms applicable to each import group. These import files would not be able to reallocate existing terms though, but would still help to standardise future data.

A third option would be an online "term server" which manages official list content, and with Recorder including capabilities for using this content and reallocating existing data to it. It would obviously be more costly to set up than the other approaches though.

Best Wishes