Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium (2004)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms
Appendix D
Acronyms and Initialisms
AJOL
African Journals OnLine
arXiv
e-print service
ASEA
Association of Surgeons of East Africa
BMJ
British Medical Journal
CERN
European Organisation for Nuclear Research
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CODATA
Committee on Data for Science and Technology
CRIA
Reference Center for Environmental Information (Brazil)
CRID
Regional Disaster Information Center
DATAD
Database of African Theses and Dissertations
DMCA
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, United States
DRM
digital rights management
EDNES
Earth Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange
eSAP
electronic Supply of Academic Publications
E.U.
European Union
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
GEANT
detector description and simulation tool
GIS
geographical information systems
GNU
GNU not Unix (refers to Stallman’s free software movement)
GPS
Global Positioning System
HBU
historically black university
HINARI
Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative
HWU
historically white university
HWU-A
historically white Afrikaans university
HWU-E
historically white English university
ICSTI
International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
ICSU
International Council for Science
ICT
information and communication technology
INASP
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications
INDMED
Indian Biomedical Journals Database
INSERM
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
IP
intellectual property
IPR
intellectual property right
ISTIP
International Scientific and Technical Information Programs
JPM
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
MODIS
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
NDVI
normalized difference vegetation index
NEPAD
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
NGO
nongovernmental organization
NIST
National Institute for Science and Technology, United States
NLM
National Library of Medicine, United States
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
OAI
Open Archives Initiative
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OSVITA
Ukrainian national educational information system
PAHO
Pan American Health Organization
PDB
Protein Data Bank
PERI
Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information
R&D
research and development
SADC
South African Development Community
SciDev.Net
Science and Development Network
SPARC
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
STACCIS
Support for Telematics Applications Cooperation with the CIS
TPM
technological protection measures
TRIPS
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (agreement)
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
URAN
Ukrainian Research and Academic Network
WHO
World Health Organization
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WSIS
World Summit on the Information Society
WTO
World Trade Organization
XML
extensible markup language
