Glossary
Term |
Description |
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sampling feature |
a geographic feature arising as an artefact of a sampling strategy in environmental monitoring (e.g., a station, transect, profile) |
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schema |
a formalised description of the physical structure of an information object |
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SDI |
spatial data infrastructure, a coordinated technical and organisational infrastructure supporting data discovery, data access, and use of federated geo-referenced datasets |
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SDM |
Systems Development and Maintenance Section, within the Bureau of Meteorology. |
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security |
the application of technical mechanisms to protect information where necessary from unauthorised access, modification, use, etc. |
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selection |
a filter based on constraining a result set through filter criteria |
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Selenium |
is for automating web applications for testing purposes |
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semantic web |
a globally interlinked graph of data and information based on web protocols and the 'Resource Description Framework' (RDF) W3C standard |
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sensitivity |
property of a monitoring site restricting full and open availability of its site metadata |
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sensor |
a device for measuring a physical parameter |
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sensor system |
a hardware and software system associated with one or more related sensors |
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sensor web |
an interconnected network of sensor systems and data access services |
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sensorML |
Sensor Markup Language is an approved OGC standard for modelling and encoding sensor descriptions, including both static and dynamic platforms, and both in-situ and remote sensors |
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service |
an electronic, network-accessible system providing access to defined operations |
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service interface |
a set of one or more operations provided by a service, logically grouped together |
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service metadata |
metadata describing essential aspects of a service, to facilitate use of the interfaces provided; usually conforming to ISO 19115 |
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service provider |
the supplier of a service to be made available for use through the infrastructure |
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SIGB |
SecretariesÕ ICT Governance Board |
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SIMS |
Services Information Management System |
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SISS |
Spatial Information Services Stack |
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SISSVoc |
SISS Vocabulary Service defines a standard interface through which standard vocabularies can be provided to web users |
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site metadata |
metadata describing essential aspects of a monitoring site |
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site type |
the type of a monitoring site within a suitable classification scheme |
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SKOS |
Simple Knowledge Organisation System, a W3C standard for representation of thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, subject-heading systems, or any other type of structured controlled vocabulary |
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SLIP |
Shared Location Information Platform |
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SoapUI |
is an open-source web service testing application for service-oriented architectures (SOA) and representational state transfers (REST). Its functionality covers web service inspection, invoking, development, simulation and mocking, functional testing, load and compliance testing. |
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solution architecture |
an architecture domain concerned with the detailed description of discrete components required for a specific business operation, project, or system |
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SOS |
Sensor Observation Service |
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spatial analysis |
calculation of geospatial relationships (containment, adjacency, overlap, etc.) between geo-referenced information objects |
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spatial data infrastructure |
a coordinated technical and organisational infrastructure supporting data discovery, data access, and use of federated geo-referenced datasets |
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species taxonomy |
a hierarchical classification of biological organisms on the basis of shared properties |
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SQL |
Structured Query Language |
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SRO |
Senior Responsible Officer (within the Prince2 Project/Programme methodology) |
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standards |
agreed technical specifications developed by a standards body for any aspect of an information system; key standards bodies include ISO, OGC, W3C, and OASIS |
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Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange |
an initiative to foster standards for the exchange of statistical information |
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STDM |
Bureau of Meteorology job title for Superintendent Data Management |
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STEI |
Bureau of Meteorology job title for Superintendent Environmental Information |
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style |
a named rendering convention that may be applied to a map layer |
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system |
deployed information technology that provides defined business functions and services |
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system architecture |
see architecture |