8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the mapping of the at least one acronym candidate to at least one reference term based on one or more mapping rules.
8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the mapping of the at least one acronym candidate to at least one reference term based on one or more mapping rules. 9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising: defining one or more mapping rules encompassing at least one of: each initial character of one or more token of the acronym candidates has to match; characters have to occur in the same sequential order in acronym candidate and corresponding reference term; all tokens in an acronym candidate have to match; no token inside an acronym candidate can be skipped; and one or more single characters of a token of an acronym candidate can be skipped.