Glossary
3D
Three-dimensional
API
Application Programming Interface
B2B
Business-to-Business
B2C
Business-to-Consumer
B2MML
Business-to-Manufacturing Mark-up Language
BDA
Big Data Analytics
BPD
Business Process Diagram
BPEL
Business Process Execution Language
BPML
Business Process Modelling Language
BPMN
Business Process Modelling and Notation
BOP
Board of Partners. The decision-making body of the vf-OS consortium
CA
Consortium Agreement. This is the contractual agreement which deals with legal aspects between the vf-OS project beneficiaries
CEN
Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization). This is an association that brings together the National Standardization Bodies of 34 European countries
CMMI
Capability Maturity Model Integration. A process level improvement training and appraisal program
CO
Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) (dissemination level indicator for H2020 deliverables)
CPS
Cyber-Physical Systems
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
CSA
Coordination and Support Action
DOA
Description of Action. Contractual agreement between the project beneficiaries and the European Commission
EC
European Commission. Institution of the European Union responsible with managing the day-to-day business of the EU
EU
European Union
EDA
Event-driven Architecture
EPC
Event-driven Process Chain
EFFRA
European Factories of the Future Research Association
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ESP
External Service Providers
ETL
Extract, Transform, Load
FI-PPP
Future Internet-Public Private Partnership
FoF
Factories of the Future. It brings private and public resources together by launching market-orientated cross-border projects through a progressive research and innovation agenda
FSIGN
Financial Statement Authorised Signatory. Persons who are authorised, on behalf of their organisation to sign financial statements in H2020 projects
G1G1
Get-one-give-one
GA
Grant Agreement. The grant agreement is an EU standard contract defining the basic conditions for the project financing
GE
Generic Enablers
I/O
Input/Output
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service. This refers to the on-demand provisioning of infrastructural resources, usually in terms of virtual machines
ICE (Conference)
International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation
ICT
Information and Communication Technologies
IoE
Internet of Everything
IoT
Internet of Things
IP
Intellectual Property
IPR
Intellectual Property Rights
ITMC
International Technology Management Conference
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
M2M
Machine to Machine Communications
MDA
Model Driven Architecture
MES
Manufacturing Execution System
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MLSP
Manufacturing and Logistics Solution Providers
N/A
Not Applicable
NGSI
Next Generation Services Interface
OAK
Open Applications Development Kit
OLAP
On-line Analytics Processing
OS
Operating System
OWL2
Web Ontology Language
PaaS
Platform as a Service. It refers to providing platform layer resources, including operating system support and software development frameworks
PAYG
Pay-as-you-go
PLC
Programmable Logic Controller
PM
Project Manager. The project manager of vf-OS is Stuart Campbell, Information Catalyst for Enterprise (ICE)
PMB
Project Management Board. Permanent body which has the responsibility of keeping the project focused
PO
Project Officer. The representative of the EC who is responsible for monitoring the progress of the project
PP
Restricted to other program participants (including the Commission Services) (dissemination level indicator for H2020 deliverables)
PPR
Project Periodic Report. The reports that need to be generated at the end of each 18 month reporting period
PU
Public (dissemination level indicator for H2020 deliverables)
PWYW
Pay-what-you-want
QMR
Quarterly Management Reports. Compiled to give a periodical overiew of the project's progress. These are based on the monthly entries
R&D
Research and Development
RDF
Resource Description Framework
RDI
Research, Development, and Innovation
RE
Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services). (dissemination level indicator for H2020 deliverables)
RFID
Radio Frequency IDentification. RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects
RTD
Research and Technical Development. A general term for activities that are performed in connection with technological innovation
SaaS
Software as a Service. It refers to providing on demand applications over the Internet
SA
Situation Awareness
SDK
Software Development Kit
SE
Specific Enablers
SME
Small and Medium Enterprise
SOA
Service-Oriented Architecture
SOTA
State of the Art. The highest level of general development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field achieved at a particular time
STEP
Standard for the Exchange of Product Data
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
TRL
Technical Readiness Levels. A method of estimating technology maturity of critical technology elements of a program during the acquisition phase
TRM
Technology Roadmapping
UI
User Interface
URI
Universal Resource Identifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
VRM
Value Roadmapping
WBF
World Batch Forum
WP
Work Package. A group of related tasks within the project. These can be seen as sub-projects within the project
WS
Workshop Sessions