MUSTER

Muster is the open-source version of Termout's new module for terminology extraction. The algorithm is based on a new methodological proposal according to which terminology extraction can be performed by the detection of paraphrasing in a specialized corpus. That is to say, specialized terminology needs more metalinguistic effort in comparison to general vocabulary and, therefore, one can expect that terms will have a greater chance of being in the company of different forms of paraphrases. Here we explain how to use this software.

Download the source code:
https://tecling.com/muster/muster12OCT2026.zip

Unzip it, and run it like this:

perl muster.pl inputfolder

If you are on a Windows machine and you do not want to install a Perl interpreter, you can also download the Windows executable version:
https://tecling.com/muster/musterWindows.zip
The procedure would be the same. Download the file, unzip it somewhere in your pc, open a terminal, navigate to the folder where you put it, and run like this:

muster.exe inputfolder

There is even a binary version for Linux users, available here:
https://tecling.com/muster/musterLinuxBinary.zip
Again, the procedure would be the same. Download the zip file to your pc, unzip it, give the file permission to execute:

 chmod 755 muster

./muster inputfolder

The result should be the same in all cases.

This algorithm and its implementation is described in the following chapter:

+Nazar, R. (2026). La paráfrasis como elemento predictor de la condición de término: paradojas tecnológicas en las que lo viejo funciona. In: Dunia Hourani, Matteo De Beni & Carsten Sinner (eds). Contradicciones, incoherencias y paradojas en la lexicografía y terminografía hispánicas. Peter Lang, pp. 243--267.
Unfortunately, it is only in Spanish, and not open access. But at some point we will update the documentation to offer at least a brief description.

Questions or comments? Send some email to rogelio dot nazar at gmail dot com