Glossary
| Term | Explanation |
|---|---|
| EOSC | The European Open Science Cloud promoted by the European Commission to provide all researchers, innovators, companies and citizens with seamless access to an open-by-default, efficient and cross-disciplinary environment for storing, accessing, reusing data, tools, publications and any EOSC Resource for research, innovation and educational purposes. EOSC is implemented by the EOSC System and governed by the EOSC Governance. |
| EC | European Commission |
| EIF | European Interoperability Framework |
| EOSC Core Resource | EOSC Resources, services and processes that are needed to integrate and enable access to the various resources federated in the EOSC |
| EOSC Resource | Any asset made available (by means of the EOSC system and according to the EOSC Rules of Participation) to EOSC System Users to perform a process useful to deliver value in the context of the EOSC. EOSC Resources include services, datasets, software, support, training, consultancy or any other asset |
| European Interoperability Framework | EC framework giving specific guidance on how to set up interoperable digital public services. |
| H2020 | Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market. |
| HLEG | High Level Expert Group |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
| OASIS | OASIS is a non-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. |
| Open Innovation | According to EC, the basic premise of Open Innovation is to introduce more actors in the innovation process so that knowledge can circulate more freely and be transformed into products and services that create new markets, fostering a stronger culture of entrepreneurship. |
| **Open Science ** | The movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels of an inquiring society, amateur or professional. |
| OSPP | Open Science Policy Platform |
| Principles of Engagement | See Rules of Participation |
| Project partners | The EOSCpilot project partners |
| RACI | RACI is an acronym that stands for responsible, accountable, consulted and informed. A RACI chart is a matrix of all the activities or decision-making authorities undertaken in an organisation set against all the people or roles |
| RDA | Research Data Alliance |
| **Research Infrastructures ** | Research infrastructures (RIs) are facilities, resources and services used by the science community to conduct research and foster innovation. |
| Rules of Engagement | See Rules of Participation |
| Rules of Participation | the principles defined by the EOSC Governance to drive the processes enacting an actor to play the role of EOSC System User (and any specialization of it). Previously referred to as “Rules of Engagement” or “Principles of Engagement” in earlier communications and reports |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| Standing Committee\Group | A long term committee or group with a long term or indefinite objectives and terms of reference |
| Subsidiarity Principle | The principle that the idea that political action should be taken as close to the citizen as possible. This means that in an instance where the EU and a member state are both able to take action, action should ordinarily be taken by the member state Within the research context, this means that access to resources (scientific, IT, etc.) should be through local or national institutions. |
| VREs | Virtual Research Environments |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
| Working Committee\Group | A short term committee or group with a defined time limited term of reference |