The TALOS Lab is pleased to share that the TOTh Conference Proceedings for 2023 and 2024 are now available in open access. Organised by the TALOS project, the TOTh Conferences – Terminology & Ontology: Theories and applications bring together researchers and professionals working at the intersection of terminology, ontology, and language and knowledge engineering.

TOTh 2023 Proceedings

The 17th edition of TOTh was held in a hybrid format at Université Savoie Mont Blanc (1–2 June 2023). The volume features the opening talk by Philippe Selosse on the birth and revival of 16th-century botanical terminology, together with peer-reviewed papers and posters spanning theoretical and applied work in terminology, ontology, and onto-terminology across diverse domains.
Editors: Roche, C., Papadopoulou, M., Djambian, C., & Vachon, L.
Open-access PDF: https://toth.condillac.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Livre_TOTh_2023.pdf

TOTh 2024 Proceedings

The 18th edition of TOTh was held in a hybrid format at Université Savoie Mont Blanc (6–7 June 2024), opening with Antoine Doucet’s invited talk on automatic term extraction. The proceedings include peer-reviewed contributions on terminology and AI, including ontologies and knowledge graphs, term extraction in the era of large language models, diachronic terminological data, and applications in areas such as law, industry, and digital humanities.
Editors: Roche, C., Papadopoulou, M., Giannadakis, R., & Vachon, L.
Open-access PDF: https://toth.condillac.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Livre_TOTh_2024.pdf

TALOS contributions in the proceedings

Both volumes include contributions by TALOS members. For example, TOTh 2023 features an ontoterminology study of emotions by Christophe Roche (co-authored with Stéphanie Pinson), while TOTh 2024 includes Rafail Giannadakis’s contribution on ontologies for Digital Humanities and Classics.

TOTh 2026: The 20th Anniversary Edition (onsite & online)

TOTh 2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the longest-running international conference devoted to Terminology and Ontology. The programme includes invited lectures and round tables, and highlights current and emerging work in terminology, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven methods.
Conference dates: 4–5 June 2026, Chambéry (France), onsite & online.

TOTh 2026 Training (onsite & online)

Ahead of the conference, TOTh 2026 offers the two-day training (in English) “Bringing Artificial Intelligence to Terminology: A Step-by-Step Project Approach”.
The training introduces AI-supported terminology work aligned with ISO 1087 and ISO 704, combining NLP, Generative AI/LLMs, and symbolic AI (ontologies) through a complete workflow, from corpus preparation to a structured digital terminology. Hands-on activities include tools such as Protégé and Tedi, and introduce ISO and W3C standards for publishing terminologies as knowledge graphs.
Dates: 2–3 June 2026 (9:00–17:00, UTC+2). Capacity: limited to 25 participants.
Training leads: Dr Silvia Piccini (Italian National Research Council), Prof Christophe Roche (University of Crete & Université Savoie Mont Blanc), Assist. Prof. Maria Papadopoulou (University of Crete).

Participation and contact

Registration and practical information: https://toth.condillac.org/conference
For questions: contact@toth.condillac.org