ELIXIR terms and glossary of abbreviations and acronyms

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NameDetails
1+MG1+ Million Genomes Initiative
3D-BioInfoAn ELIXIR Community focussed on structural biology
AAIAuthentication and Authorisation Infrastructure
AARCAuthentication and Authorisation for Research and Collaboration
AHMAll Hands Meeting - the ELIXIR annual gathering
B1MGThe Beyond 1 Million Genomes project
B1MGplusThe Beyond 1 Million Genomes plus project - a follow on to B1MG
BBMRI-ERICBiobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium
BFSPBiodiversity, Food Security and Pathogens. A scientific priority area under the ELIXIR 2024-28 Programme (see also CMR and HDTR)
BHThe ELIXIR BioHackathon Europe
BYODBring Your Own Data
CaaSContainers as a Service
CBKECapacity Building and Knowledge Exchange programme
CDRELIXIR Core Data Resources
CMRCellular and Molecular Research. A scientific priority areas under the ELIXIR 2024-28 Programme (see also BFSP and HDTR)
CNVCopy Number Variation
COGCollaboration agreement Oversight Group. A group established to oversee the relationship between the ELIXIR Hub and each Node
CoSCommissioned Service. A project funded by ELIXIR
CWLCommon Workflow Language
DDeliverable (See also Milestone
DISSCODistributed System of Scientific Collections
DMPData Management Plan (see also SMP)
DOIDigital Object Identifier
DPData Protection
DSWData Stewardship Wizard
​EATRIS-ERICEuropean Infrastructure for Translational Medicine – European Research Infrastructure Consortium
EBIFELIXIR Bioinformatics & Industry Forum
ECAELIXIR Collaboration Agreement
ECCBEuropean Conference on Computational Biology
EDAMEmbrace Data And Methods ontology
EDDELIXIR Deposition Database
EDICEuropean Digital Infrastructure Consortium
ELEADELIXIR LEadership And Diversity mentoring programme
ELITMaELIXIR Training Programme in Management
EGAEuropean Genome-phenome Archive
EGIEuropean Grid Infrastructure
EHDSEuropean Health Data Space
EKESELIXIR Knowledge Exchange Scheme
ELSIEthical Legal and Social Issues
EMBRICThe European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster
EMMRIExecutive Masters in the Management of Research Infrastructures
EOSCEuropean Open Science Cloud
ERAEuropean Research Area
ERCEuropean Research Council
ERINHAEuropean Research Infrastructure on Highly pathogenic Agents
ESFRIEuropean Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
EUDATEuropean Collective Data Infrastructure
EuropePMCEurope PubMed Central
ExCoA co-lead, or Executive Committee member of an ELIXIR Platform
FAIRFindable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reuseable
FEGAFederated Human Genome phenome Archive
FHDFederated Human Data, an ELIXIR Community
GA4GHThe Global Alliance for Genomics and Health
GBCGlobal Biodata Coalition
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility
GCBRGlobal Core Biodata Resource
GDI The Genomic Data Infrastructure project
GDPRGeneral Data Protection Regulation
GOBLETGlobal Organisation for Bioinformatics Learning, Education and Training
H2020Horizon 2020
HDCsHuman Data Communities
HGTDHuman Genomics and Translational Data
HoNELIXIR Head of Node member or the committee
HPCHigh Performance Computing
HDTRHuman Data and Translational Research. A scientific priority area (see also BFSP and CMR).
HubThe Hub is ELIXIR's coordinating body
IACELIXIR Industry Advisory Committee
ICRIInternational Conference for Research Infrastructures
IDPIntrinsically Disordered Protein
IHI Innovative Health Initiative (formerly IMI)
IRDiRCInternational Rare Diseases Research Consortium
ISCBInternational Society for Computational Biology
ISMBIntelligent Systems for Molecular Biology conference
KCUKey Contributor's Update - an update circulated every Friday afternoon to key members in ELIXIR.
LSRILife Sciences Research Infrastructure group
LSCEOSC Life Sciences Connect Node
MMonth
MMilestone (See also Deliverable
MLMMaturity Level Model
MSMilestone (See also Deliverable
MSMember State
MSCAMarie Skodowska-Curie Actions
NodeAn ELIXIR Node is formed by an ELIXIR Member State by from one or more organisations
NSCSNode Support Commissioned Service
ObserverIn ELIXIR, an Observer is a country that has not yet signed the ELIXIR Consortium Agreement
PaaSPlatform as a Service
PeoplePulseA Commission Service, part of the People tier
PIPrincipal Investigator
PIDPersistent Identifier
PlatformA group of scientists who coordinate ELIXIR’s activities in a particular area. There are five Platforms (Data, Tools, Interoperability, Compute and Training).
PoCProof of Concept
PoFProposal of Funding
Programme TCMonthly Teleconference to review progress of the current Scientific Programme  
RDRare Diseases
RDAResearch Data Alliance
RDMResearch Data Management
RDFResource Description Framework
ReSAResearch Software Alliance
RFPRequest For Proposal
RIResearch infrastructure
RIAsResearch and Innovation Actions
RIRRecommended Interoperability Resource
SaaSSoftware as a service
SABELIXIR Scientific Advisory Board
Scientific ProgrammeELIXIR's 5-year strategy plan
SCOSingle Cell Omics
SDPService Delivery Plan
SIGSpecial Interest Group
SMESmall to Medium Enterprise
SMPSoftware Management Plan (see also DMP) 
SOPStandard Operating Procedure
TierThere are 4 tiers in the 2024-2028 Scientific Programme - Science, Technology, Nodes and People
TCTeleconference - an online or hybrid meeting, e.g. a Zoom call 
TeCG (TeC) ELIXIR Technical Coordinators Group
TESTask Execution Service
TeSSTraining e-Support System
TIaaSTraining Infrastructure as a Service
TrCG (TrC)ELIXIR Training Coordinators Group 
TRSTool Registry Service
TtTTrain-the-Trainer
WESWorkflow Execution Service
WPWork Package
WPLWork Package Leaders