LISTS OF ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS

ACRONYMS

DEFINITIONS

AAAI

Authentication, Authorisation, Accounting, Infrastructure

API

Application Programming Interface

CC

Creative Commons licenses enable the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.

CERIF

Common European Research Infrastructure Format

CES

Computational Earth Science

CKAN

Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Framework

DC

Dublin Core, Metadata Standard

DO

Digital Object

EOSC

European Open Science Cloud

FAIR

Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable.

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GEO

Global Earth Observation

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HPC

High Performance Computing

HTC

High Throughput Computing

IPSAS

International Public Sector Accounting Standards

ISA

International Standards on Auditing

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development

PID

Permanent Identifier. Usually PID includes the concept of UID (Unique Identifier)

PSI

Public Sector Information

SEI

Socio Economic Impact

SES

Solid Earth Science

 

 

 

 

EPOS terminology (acronyms)

DEFINITIONS

European Plate Observing System (EPOS)

The solid Earth science a distributed research infrastructure

EPOS ERIC

The European Research Infrastructure Consortium aimed at providing an effective governance framework to drive the integration and coordination of the TCS and build and provide governance for the ICS.

Data, Data products, Software and Services

(DDSS)

the EPOS provision (including physical access to facilities) identified by the thematic communities, validated by EPOS ERIC, and developed in a way that can be ingested by the ICS-C; DDSS are guaranteed by the TCS through their respective service provider/s.

Ethics Board

(EB)

the external Board that monitors the ethical principles and compliance with relevant legislation associated with EPOS ERIC activities and issue recommendations to the General Assembly.

Executive Committee (EC)

the body supporting the Executive Director in the implementation of the core mission and activities of the EPOS ERIC infrastructure.

Executive coordination office (ECO)

the EPOS ERIC Headquarter representing the EPOS ERIC legal seat; it has the central role of coordinating the entire infrastructure including the operation of the integrated (ICS) and thematic (TCS) core services.

Executive Director (ED)

the legal representative of EPOS ERIC; the Executive Director shall bear the overall responsibility for ensuring that EPOS ERIC implements the decisions of the General Assembly.

Delivery framework

the framework where the relationships among the key actors are regulated by specific rules and procedures; it includes the EPOS ERIC legal seat (represented by the ECO), the Integrated Core Services Central Hub (ICS-C) and Integrated Core Services Distributed (ICS-D), and the Thematic Core Services (TCS).

General Assembly (GA)

the EPOS ERIC higher decision body.

Integrated Core Services

(ICS)

the novel, single e-infrastructure that allows discovery, access, download, processing, and analysis of multidisciplinary data, data products, services and software to different stakeholders, including but not limited to the EPOS scientific community.

ICS Central Hub

(ICS-C)

the data and products integrating node that is built, run and maintained within the perimeter of EPOS ERIC.

EPOS terminology (acronyms)

DEFINITIONS

ICS – Distributed

(ICS-D)

the existing visualization or computational resources (e.g., High Performance Computing National centres) used by ICS-C, and for which appropriate procurement policies are required.

In-kind Contribution

(IKC)

one of the possible EPOS ERIC resources (Article 15(c) of the EPOS ERIC Statutes).

Implementing Rules (IR)

rules of procedure adopted by the GA in accordance with Article 10(5)(e) and Article 12(3)(a) of the Statutes of EPOS ERIC.

IT-Board

coordinates and organizes IT implementation of the EPOS Delivery Framework under the direction of the Executive Committee and following the EPOS ERIC Strategic Plan.

PERIMETER

a graphic exemplification of how EPOS partners can contribute to build and operate the EPOS Delivery Framework; the EPOS ERIC Perimeter delimits the core components governed by EPOS ERIC.

Pilot Operational Phase

(POP)

the current EPOS RI transition stage from the implementation to the operational phase. It will last three years (2020-2022) and it will be coordinated by the EPOS ERIC.

Pilot Operational Testing

(POT)

a set of testing carried out during the EPOS POP related to i. technical testing of the ICS-C services; ii. user testing of the TCS portal; iii. technical testing of the ICS-TCS integration.

Representing Entity (RE)

a legal entity that, due to its expertise on research matters and resources to carry out the activities of the ERIC, represents the country as regards the exercise of specified rights and the discharge of specified obligations as a Member of the ERIC; the members and observers of the ERIC and their representing entities are listed in Statutes Annex I.

Service Activation Roadmap

(SAR)

the roadmap to activate EPOS services.

Scientific Board

(SB)

an external Board that monitors the scientific quality of EPOS ERIC activities and issue recommendations to the General Assembly.

Service Coordination Committee

(SCC)

the body the Executive Director consults on all matters relevant for the EPOS Delivery Framework.

Sustainability Phase project

(EPOS SP)

project, funded by the European Commission under Horizon2020, INFRADEV-3 call, Grant Agreement n. 871121, to perform activities aimed at ensuring the long-term sustainability of the EPOS Research Infrastructure as the Europe’s key Research Infrastructures for the Solid Earth Science.

Sponsored Research Activities

(SRA)

internal projects funded by EPOS ERIC through the steering funds foreseen in the EPOS Business Plan.

Thematic Core Services

(TCS)

the governance framework for each specific scientific community, linked technically to the ICS and strategically to EPOS ERIC.