Table 3.

Table 3 The Results of the Survey for the Primary Component Execution

	Criteria	Question Number	Results of Questionnaire Quartiles
			I ∗	II #	III #	IV #
Collecting proposals	1 Proposals for changes in the TS are standardized in written forms, containing information on:	3.2	50%	33%	44%	67%
	Proposer ID,		30	33	33	44
	Version number,		20	33	22	33
	Concept information,		50	33	22	44
	Change type,		30	33	11	44
	Change definition.		30	33	33	56
Validating the proposals and verifying the changes	2 Proposals for changes in the TS are validated, on:	3.4	70	56	77	100
	Necessity,		50	60	60	89
	Possibility to adopt a change.		60	55	44	89
	3 In case of uncertainty, the acceptance of proposals is based on group consensus.	3.5	70	45	56	89
	4 In case a proposal is rejected, feedback is given to the proposer.	3.7	60	56	78	90
	5 In case a proposal is accepted, changes made in the TS are verified by the maintenance team, on:	3.8	90	78	100	100
	Completeness,		80	89	89	100
	Textual correctness,		80	100	100	100
	Consistency of hierarchic relations,		70	80	65	78
	Consistency of mappings to other TSs,		70	44	56	59
	Consistency of mappings to other languages.		50	11	11	11
	6 After the implementation of the changes into the TS, feedback is given to the proposer, to:	3.9	60	67	67	87
	inform the proposer,		50	56	67	89
	ask them to verify the changes.		33	40	44	56
Documentation	7 Documentation is structured and standardized.	3.12	80	67	67	100
	8 Proposals for changes are documented, with:	3.10	50	44	66	89
	Proposal Date,		60	50	76	88
	Proposer ID,		40	75	76	88
	Concept ID,		50	50	50	60
	Change type,		78	65	50	63
	Acceptance method,		25	33	17	27
	Acceptation/rejection date.		40	38	50	75
	9 Changes made in the TS are documented, with:	3.11	90	90	100	100
	Concept information,		50	33	33	33
	Implementation date,		60	89	67	89
	Change type,		70	89	44	78
	Editor ID,		50	78	56	56
	Version ID.		30	22	11	33
Version Management	10 New versions of the TS have a unique identification number, including the publication date and are distributed as:	3.13/3.14	60	67	100	100
	Complete new version,		40	45	67	89
	Incremental update.		20	22	33	11
	11 On average, twice a year a new release of the system is launched (depending on the type of TS).	3.15	50	60	60	70

^∗ Consists of 10 TSs

^# Consists of 9 TSs

TS = terminological system.

For each criterion, the related question number in the questionnaire is provided. In the results part, the numbers provide the percentages of the participating organizations within each quartile satisfying the criterion.