1. A method for use in converting textual data from a source form to a target form, where said target form differs from said source form with respect to at least one of linguistics and syntax, said method comprising the steps of: providing a computer-based processing tool operating on a computer system for transliterating textual data from a first form to a second form, said computer-based processing tool being configurable to associate first elements of said first form with second elements of said second form so as to establish a conversion model; first operating said computer-based processing tool by a first user to establish a first association of a first set of said first elements with a second set of said second elements; second operating said computer-based processing tool by a second user to establish a second association of a third set of said first elements with a fourth set of said second elements, wherein said first set and said third set of first elements include at least a common one of said first elements thereby defining an overlap, and wherein said common one of said first elements is associated with a first one of said second elements by said first association by said first user and a second one of said second elements by said second association by said second user thereby defining an inconsistency between said first and second associations for said common one of said first elements; and third operating said computer-based processing tool to process one of said first association and said second association so as to address said inconsistency.
5. A method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said second form comprises a semantic metadata model that provides a standardized basis for textual data conversion.