Acronyms and Abbreviations

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A
ABCA
America, Britain, Canada, and Australia
ABCANZ
America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
ACT
Allied Command Transformation
ADRG
ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
ADatP
Allied Data Processing Publication
AGC
Army Geospatial Center <USA>
AGeoP
Allied Geospatial Publication
AIS
Aeronautical Information Exchange Model
AMD
Amendment
AML
Additional Military Layers
ANR
Authorized National Representative
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ANZLIC
Australian and New Zealand Spatial Information Council
AP
Application Profile
API
Application Programming Interface
APP
Allied Procedural Publication
ARC
Equal Arc-Second Raster Chart
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASPRS
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ATS
Abstract Test Suite
B
BAG
Bathymetric Attributed Grid
BBox
Bounding Box
BIIF
Basic Image Interchange Format
BMP
Bitmap
bps
Bits per second
C
C-TP
Chair of Technical Panel
C2
Command and Control
C2IEDM
Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model
C3
Consultation, Command and Control
C3I
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
C4I
Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
C4ISR
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
CADRG
Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
CE
Circular Error
CEN
European Committee for Standardization
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CGM
Computer Graphic Metafile
CIMIC
Civil Military Cooperation
CIS
Coverage Implementation Schema
CM
Configuration Management
CMYK
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (or Black)
COC
Coding Style Component
COD
Coding Style Default
CONOPS
Concept of Operations
COP
Common Operational Picture
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CP
Command Post
CPS
Coverage Portrayal Service
CQL
Common Query Language
CRS
Coordinate Reference System
CS
Coordinate System
CSD
Coalition Shared Data
CSM
Community Sensor Model
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
CSS2
Cascading Style Sheets level 2
CSS3
Cascading Style Sheets level 3
CSV
Comma Separated Values
CSW
Catalog Service for the Web
CartoCSS
Cartography Cascading Style Sheets
CoI
Community of Interest
D
DCAT
Data Catalogue Vocabulary
DCM
Defence City Map
DCP
Distributed Computing Platform
DCT
Discrete Cosine Transform
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DFDD
DGIWG Feature Data Directory
DGFCD
Defence Geospatial Feature Concept Dictionary
DGI
Digital Geographic Information
DGIF
Digital Geographic Information Framework
DGIM
Digital Geographic Information Model
DGIWG
Digital Geographic Information Working Group
DGRWI
Defence Geospatial Real World Object Index
DGSB
Defence Geospatial Standards Baseline
DIGEST
Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard
DJOG(A)
Defence Joint Operations Graphic (Air)
DMED
Digital Mean Elevation Data
DMF
DGIWG Metadata Foundation
DMGEM
Defence Maritime Geospatial Exchange Model
DNC
Digital Nautical Chart
DPS
Data Product Specification
DQ
Data Quality
DRP
Defence Raster Product
DSM
Digital Surface Model
DTED
Digital Terrain Elevation Data
DTM
Defence Topographic Map
DTM50
Defence Topographic Map for 1:50,000 Scale
DTOX
Defence Topographic Exchange
DTS
Draft Technical Specification
DVOF
Digital Vertical Obstruction File
DWG
Domain Working Group <OGC>
DWT
Discrete Wavelet Transform
E
EA
Enterprise Architect
EASA
European Union Aviation Safety Agency
EBCOT
Embedded Block Coding with Optimal Truncation
ECDIS
Electronic Chart Display and Information System
ECIB
Enhanced Controlled Image Base
ECRG
Enhanced Compressed Raster Graphic
EGM
Earth Gravitational Model
ENC
Electronic Navigational Chart
EO
Earth Observation
EOC
End of Codestream
EPS
Encapsulated PostScript
EPSG
European Petroleum Survey Group
ESM
Elevation Surface Model
ETL
Extract, Transform, and Load
EU
European Union
EUMS
European Union Military Staff
EUSC
European Union Satellite Centre
ebRIM
electronic business Registry Information Model
F
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration <USA>
FACC
Feature and Attribute Coding Catalogue
FD
Final Draft
FDD
Feature Data Directory
FME
Feature Manipulation Engine
FMN
Federated Mission Networking <NATO>
FPS
Feature Portrayal Service
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
G
GAWG
Geospatial Aeronautical Working Group
GCS
Geographic Coordinate System
GCSE
Geographic Coordinate System, Ellipsoid Only
GEOINT
Geospatial Intelligence
GGDM
Ground-Warfighter Geospatial Data Model
GI
Geospatial Information
GIF
Graphic Interchange Format
GIR
Geospatial Information Requirement
GIRD
Geospatial Information Requirement Description
GIS
Geographic Information System
GISMO
Geospatial Information to Support decision Making in Operations
GML
Geography Markup Language
GMLCOV
GML Application Schema for Coverages
GMLJP2
GML in JPEG 2000
GMTI
Ground Moving Target Imagery
GMTIF
Ground Moving Target Indicator
GMWG
Geospatial Maritime Working Group
GPHICS
Resource Graphics
GPKG
GeoPackage
GRWG
Geospatial Requirements Working Group
GSD
Ground Sample Distance
GSIP
Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Structure Implementation Profile
GSS
Geo Synchronization Service
GWG
Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group
GeoCSS
Geography Cascading Style Sheets
GeoJSON
Geospatial JavaScript Object Notation
GeoPDF
Geospatial Portable Document Format
GeoSym
Geospatial Symbols for Digital Displays
GeoTIFF
Geographic Tagged Image File Format
H
HDF
Hierarchical Data Format
HRE
High Resolution Elevation
HREGP
HRE Geographic Product
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTML 5
Hypertext Markup Language 5
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
I
IA
Information Assurance
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IC
Intelligence Community
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC
International Colour Consortium
ICM
Image City Map
IEC
International Electrotechnical Committee
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IERHWG
Information Exchange Requirements Harmonization Working Group
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IFD
Image File Directory
IGD
Imagery and Gridded Data
IGW
International Geospatial Warehouse
IHO
International Hydrographic Organization
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IMWG
Imagery Working Group
INSPIRE
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community
IPHG
International Program for Human Geography
IR
infared
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISO/TC211
International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 211 (Geographic information/Geomatics)
ISR
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
IT
Information Technology
InSAR
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
J
JCGISR
Joint Capability Group on Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
JGSWG
Joint Geospatial Standards Working Group
JMCDM
Joint METOC Conceptual Data Model
JOG
Joint Operations Graphic
JOG(A)
Joint Operations Graphic (Air)
JP2
JPEG 2000 file format
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPEG 2000
Wavelet compression standard defined by the Joint Photographic Experts Group in 2000
JPIP
JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
JSON-LD
JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data
JSP
Joint Symbology Panel
JWID
Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration
K
KLV
Key-Length-Value
KML
Keyhole Markup Language
KOS
Knowledge Organization Systems
KVP
Keyword-Value-Pairs
L
LAN
Local Area Network
LCC
Lambert Conic Conformal
LE
Linear Error
LIDAR
Light Detection and Ranging
LZW
Lempel-Ziv-Welch compression algorithm
M
MBTiles
MapBoxTiles
MC
Military Committee
MC&G
Mapping Charting & Geodesy
MDA
Model Driven Architecture
MDG
MGCP Derived Graphic
MDS
Metadata Schema
METOC
Meteorological and Oceanographic
MGCP
Multinational Geospatial Co-Production Program
MGID
Military Geographic Information & Documentation
MGRS
Military Grid Reference System
MI
Motion Imagery
MIM
MIP Information Model
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
MIP
Multinational Interoperability Programme
MISB
Motion Imagery Standards Board
MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group
MSL
Mean Sea Level
MT02
Metadata Register Maintenance Team
MTI
Moving Target Indicator
MTM
MGCP Topographic Map
MoD
Ministry of Defence
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
N
NAS
NSG Application Schema
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVAIDS
NAVigation AIDS
NC3A
NATO Command Control and Consultation Agency
NCDF
NATO Core Data Framework
NCIA
NATO Communications and Information Agency
NCMS
NATO Core Metadata Specification
NEC
Network Enabled Capability
NFDD
NSG Feature Data Dictionary
NGB
NATO Geospatial Board
NGEC
NATO Geospatial Entity Catalogue
NGFCD
NATO Geospatial Feature Concept Dictionary
NGIF
NATO Geospatial Information Framework
NGIM
NATO Geospatial Information Model
NGMP
NATO Geospatial Metadata Profile
NGRWI
NATO Geospatial Real World Object Index
NIIA
NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Interoperability Architecture
NITF
National Imagery Transmission Format
NMF
NSG Metadata Foundation
NMMT
NGIF Model Maintenance Team
NMRR
NATO Metadata Registry and Repository
NNEC
NATO Network Enabled Capability
NPIF
NATO Primary Image Format
NSG
National System for Geospatial Intelligence
NSIF
NATO Secondary Imagery Format
NSILI
NATO Standard ISR Library Interface
NWIP
New Work Item Proposal
O
OASIS
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OCL
Object Constraint Language
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGC
Open Geospatial Consortium
OMG
Object Management Group
ONC
Operational Navigation Chart
OSM
Open Street Map
OTF
Open Type Font
OWL
Web Ontology Language
OWS
OGC Web Services
P
P1
Vector Panel
P2
Imagery and Gridded Data Panel
P3
Metadata Panel
P4
Portrayal Panel
P5
Geospatial Web Services Panel
PC
Portrayal Catalogue
PCRD
Post Compression Rate Distortion
PDF
Portable Document Format
PIM
Platform Independent Model
PIM
Platform Independent Model
PL
Project Lead
PL
Project Lead
PNG
Portable Network Graphics
PNG
Portable Network Graphic
PO
Product Object
PRD
Production Reference Document
PSM
Platform Specific Models
PoI
Point of Interest
PoW
Program of Work
PubSub
Publish/Subscribe
Q
QA
Quality Assurance
R
RD
Ratification Draft
RDF
Resource Description Framework
REP
Recognized Environmental Picture
REST
Representational State Transfer
REV
Revision
RFC
Request for Comments
RFI
Request for Information
RGB
Red, Green, Blue
RPF
Raster Product Format
RSS
Really Simple Syndication
RWO
Real World Object
RegML
Register Markup Language
S
S-DGIWG
Secretary/Secretariat of DGIWG
SAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar
SBVR
Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules
SCOTS
Standards-based Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
SDI
Spatial Data Infrastructure
SE
Symbology Encoding
SHACL
Shapes Constraint Language
SI
International System of Units
SICD
Sensor Independent Complex Data
SIDD
Sensor Independent Derived Data
SKOS
Simple Knowledge Organization System
SLD
Styled Layer Descriptor
SME
Subject Matter Expert
SML
Sensor Model Language
SOA
Service Oriented Architecture
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
SOLAS
Safety Of Life At Sea
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SOS
Sensor Observation Service
SPS
Sensor Planning Service
SQL
Structured Query Language
SRD
Standards Related Document
SRIM
Semantic Registry Information Model
STANAG
Standardization Agreement
SVG
Scalable Vector Graphics
SWE
Sensor Web Enablement
SWG
Standards Working Group
SensorML
Sensor Model Language
sRGB
Standard Red Green Blue
T
TC
Technical Committee
TC-DGIWG
Technical Coordinator of DGIWG
TDS
Topographic Data Store
TEM
Terrain Elevation Model
TG
Technical Group
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format
TIN
Triangulated Irregular Network
TM
Topographic Map
TM50
Topographic Map for 1:50,000 Scale
TML
Transducer Markup Language
TPC
Tactical Pilotage Chart
TRD
Technical Reference Document
TRE
Tagged Record Extension
TREx
TanDEM-X high Resolution Elevation Data Exchange
TS
Technical Specification
ToR
Terms of Reference
U
UI
User Interface
UML
Unified Modeling Language
UN
United Nations
UPS
Universal Polar Stereographic
URI
Uniform Resource Indicator
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
URN
Uniform Resource Name
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
UTF-8
Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit
UTM
Universal Transverse Mercator
UUID
Universally Unique Identifier
UoM
Units of Measure
V
VMST
Vector Models and Schema Team
VMap
Vector Map
VPF
Vector Product Format
VRF
Vector Relational Format
W
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAN
Wide Area Network
WCPS
Web Coverage Processing Service
WCS
Web Coverage Service
WECDIS
Warship Electronic Chard Display and Information System
WFS
Web Feature Service
WFS-G
Web Feature Service – Gazetteer Profile
WG
Working Group
WGS
World Geodetic System
WGS 84
World Geodetic System 1984
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WMS
Web Map Service
WMTS
Web Map Tile Service
WNS
Web Notification Service
WPS
Web Processing Service
WSDL
Web Services Description Language
WSTP
Web Services Technical Panel
WWW
World Wide Web
X
XHTML
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XMG
XML Maintenance Group <ISO>
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XNDR
XML Naming and Design Rules
XPM
X PixMap
XSD
XML Schema Definition
XSL
eXtensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT
eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation
Y
YCbCr
Luminance; Chroma:Blue; Chroma: Red
Z