Glossary

• ABCD - Data standard for collection or observational data, see AccessToBiologicalCollectionData
• AccessPoint? - UDDI term for a URL used to access a (web)service
• BusinessEntity - UDDI term for an organisation hosting a (web)service
• ConceptualSchema - A standard like ABCD or DarwinCore? defining the data structure and concepts. It is referenced by the protocol for data exchange and query, but not for communication itself.
• ConceptualBinding
• Datasource - BioCASE? term for a single wrapped database. Maps to an UDDI (web)service
• FederationSchema - See ConceptualSchema above
• LockedTables - a list of tables used to loop over a RepNode for a ResponseStructure
• NamesStandard - Data standard under development dealing with biological names and taxa. see TaxonomicConceptTransferSchema
• NapierStandard - see NamesStandard?
• Provider - BioCASE?/DiGIR term for the organisation hosting a DiGIR?/BioCASE service serving data. May consist of several resources accessible through a single access point (DiGIR?) or seperate services with their own access point (BioCASE?). See discussion about "What is an access point"? for more
• ProviderSoftware - Software running on a providers webserver that includes a wrapper (see below) and some additional tools for configuration or a query portal.
• RepNode - a repeatable node in a ConceptualSchema
• Resource - DiGIR? term for a single wrapped database sharing a single access point (URL) with other resources.
• SDD - Standard for descriptive data, see StructureOfDescriptiveData
• ServiceEntity - UDDI term for a (web)service being provided. Binding templates define the Access Point to it.
• Wrapper - Software allowing to access an arbitrary structure database in a standard way. In DiGIR?/BioCASe this is the AccessPoint to a providers resource(s)
• XCQL - XCQL is the CQL ('Common Query Language') expressed in an XML form. http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/zing/cql/xcql.html