This document serves as a living reference for terminology changes in TYPO3. It aims to improve clarity, consistency, and inclusiveness across the system and documentation. Inspired by Agility CMS's approach to terminology modernization.
:Repository: https://github.com/TYPO3-Documentation/terminology :Read online: https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/terminology/main/en-us/Index.html
You can contribute by using the "Edit on GitHub" workflow or by cloning the repository with
git clone git@github.com:TYPO3-Documentation/terminology.git
Then fork the repository and add your own fork as remote:
git remote add myfork git@github.com:yourusername/terminology.git
Create a new terminology proposal by copying the template:
cp Documentation/TerminologyProposalTemplate.md.txt Documentation/YourTermToBeChanged.md
Then open Documentation/YourTermToBeChanged.md in your editor and update the content to describe your proposed terminology change.
Once done, commit your changes:
git checkout -b my-terminology-update
git add Documentation/YourTermToBeChanged.md
git commit -m "Add proposal to replace 'YourTermToBeChanged' with 'NewPreferredTerm'"
Push to your fork:
git push myfork my-terminology-update
Then open a Pull Request at: https://github.com/TYPO3-Documentation/terminology/pulls
You can try out your changes with the following command:
make docs