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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">mediation</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>arbitration</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>communication functions</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>mediated</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>mediating</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Intervention in a dispute, especially between labor and management, by a neutral party who facilitates negotiations, examines the arguments of both sides, and proposes a solution, which, however, is not binding on the disputants. Distinguished from "arbitration" in which the neutral party has the authority to make a binding decision. ]]></note></mads>