The identification of a relation between a short form and its full form enables a database designer to indicate in a machine-readable way which of several possible synonyms appearing in a lex-term entry comprises the base form on which the short form is created and vice versa. Ordinarily, both terms will appear in the same language section, although this is not necessarily mandatory. In some cases, English short forms could be used in other languages, but the English full form is avoided in favor of a translated or other equivalent full form in the language in question. Hence it could occur that a short form cited in a language B is accompanied by a link pointing to the English language full form.