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DLT Terms 100: a learner's glossary based on ISO 22739:2024
Yusuke Kaneko, Takumi Aita, Kohei Ichihara, Hiroki Watanabe
TL;DR
Terminology gaps between business and technical users complicate understanding of DLT. The paper proposes a learner’s glossary based on ISO 22739:2024 and reports how its terms appear across four technical references.
Problem
Terminology gaps, including confusion from financial analogies and overlapping interdisciplinary terms, are identified as barriers to understanding DLT.
Source: §1.1 · p. 1Method
The paper proposes an ISO 22739:2024-based glossary, organizing terms by domain and difficulty and checking their presence in four technical references.
Source: §1.2 · p. 2, §2.1 · p. 2, §2.2 · p. 2Results
Term coverage was 77% for ISO 23257:2022, 59% for Mastering Bitcoin, 67% for Mastering Ethereum, and 71% for Introduction to Blockchain Technology.
Source: §2.3 · p. 3Takeaways & Limitations
The glossary is intended to improve DLT literacy, while its effect on communication costs remains for future evaluation.
Source: §1.2 · p. 2The glossary excludes trademarks, which the authors note may need to be added as appropriate in practice.
Source: §2.4 · p. 3
Abstract
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We propose ``DLT Terms 100'' aimed at improving literacy regarding blockchain (distributed ledger technology: DLT). The pace of DLT's social implementation has been slower than initially expected, partly due to a shortage of engineers and literate individuals. In particular, the discrepancy between business and technical terminology, and the confusion caused by the repurposing of existing financial terms, are barriers to understanding the concepts and technologies. Our proposed glossary is based on ISO 22739:2024, and categorizes and labels terms based on their frequency of appearance in representative domestic and international literature and their difficulty level.
1 Introduction & Summary
Despite advances in trials, applications, and standardization, widespread DLT implementation remains unrealized, with skills shortages and terminology barriers hindering literacy. The paper proposes an ISO 22739:2024-based learner’s glossary, whose effectiveness has not yet been evaluated.
1.1 Motivation
- DLT’s widespread social implementation remains below early expectations amid shortages of skilled engineers and limited literacy, making efficient employee education a priority.The paper notes that rising education costs make efficient training programs urgent.Source: §1.1 · p. 1
- Confusing financial analogies and overlapping interdisciplinary meanings widen the terminology gap; a “wallet” manages private keys, not stored assets or NFTs.The term “token” can refer to a DLT asset or a security authentication device.Source: §1.1 · p. 1
1.2 Purpose & Summary
- The proposed “DLT Terms 100” is a learner’s glossary based on ISO 22739:2024, and its effectiveness has not yet been empirically evaluated.Future work will assess how much the list reduces communication costs between engineers and practitioners.Source: §1.2 · p. 2
2 Proposal of “DLT Terms 100”
DLT Terms 100 organizes 100 ISO 22739 terms into eight domains and three difficulty levels, examines their coverage in four technical references, and identifies trademarks as a possible revision addition.
2 Proposal of “DLT Terms 100”
- The proposed glossary is intended to guide beginners’ progressive learning by organizing the 100 ISO 22739 terms into eight domains and three difficulty levels.The levels are intended to help learners deepen their understanding progressively.Source: §2 · p. 2
2.1 Domains
- The eight domains reflect DLT’s range from fundamental IT components to economic incentives, while recognizing that practitioners may not need to learn every domain.The categorized terms are presented in Table 1.Source: §2.1 · p. 2
2.2 Classification by Difficulty
- Difficulty levels distinguish basic entry terms, practical service-operation terms, and specialized implementation, distributed-computing, and governance terms.Levels draw on company training materials and users’ comprehension; practitioners should understand low-difficulty terms, while specialists can select high-difficulty terms by work field.Source: §2.2 · p. 2
2.3 Term Highlighting via Frequency Analysis
- Coverage was 77% for ISO 23257:2022, 59% for Mastering Bitcoin, 67% for Mastering Ethereum, and 71% for Introduction to Blockchain Technology.Thirty-seven terms appeared in all four references, 71 in at least two, and five in none.Source: §2.3 · p. 3
- The analysis treats 23 terms absent from ISO 23257 as potentially low-importance, five introductory terms as important for using it, and 15 ISO-23257-only DLT-prefixed compounds as not yet widely used.Source: §2.3 · p. 3
2.4 Limitations and Direction of Revision
- The glossary excludes trademarks in line with ISO 22739:2026, but the authors note that adding trademarks as appropriate may be useful in practice.The standard does not include specific product or service names.Source: §2.4 · p. 3