Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Definition
AAR	After Action Review tool, which supports reviewing a Trial when it is finished
AVRO	Open data serialization system supported by the Apache Organisation. avro.apache.org
C++	[C plus plus] Programming Language
C#	[C-sharp] Programming Language
CAP	Common Alerting Protocol, standard data format for exchanging public warnings
CIS	Common Information Space for exchanging crisis management messages
CM	Crisis Management, see also Annex 1
CSS	Common Simulation Space for exchanging simulation data
COP	Common Operational Picture tools for creating a shared situational awareness
CoPCM	Community of Practice in Crisis Management
DIS	Distributed Interactive Simulation, a simulation standard en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_Interactive_Simulation
Docker	Container environment to enable independence between applications and infrastructure
EDXL	Emergency Data Exchange Language, set of message standards defined by OASIS to share emergency information, docs.oasis-open.org/emergency
EMSI	Emergency Management Shared Information, message format for the exchange of emergency information
GitBook	Open Source service for creating online books
GitHub	Repository for managing DRIVER+’s software code
GT	Guidance Tool
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HLA	High Level Architecture, a simulation standard en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_architecture
Java	Programming Language
JavaScript	Programming Language
Kafka	An open source distributed streaming platform supported by the Apache Organisation that is used as the basis to exchange information between simulators and solutions
KPI	Key Performance Indicator
MBtiles	Single file database format to store images of a map
MGT	Management
PoS	Portfolio of Solutions, a DRIVER+ content management system to maintain a list of CM solutions, their application, strength and weaknesses, and user reviews.
Python	Programming Language
REST	Representational State Transfer (common interface allowing you to read and write data from a service)
RTI	Run-time infrastructure, a kind of HLA-based Test-bed
SA	Situational awareness, basically do you know on the map where your people and other resources are, as well as all relevant crisis management related incidents and activities.
TMT	Scenario Management Tool, allows you to create new scenarios
SUMO	Simulation of Urban Mobility, a traffic and pedestrian simulator
TGM	Trial Guidance Methodology, as defined in deliverable D922.21, "Trial guidance methodology and guidance tool specifications (version 1)".
TGT	Trial Guidance Tool, an online application that supports a practitioner in setting up a Trial
TypeScript	Programming Language
WFS	Web Feature Service (serving a map layer as vectors)
WMS	Web Mapping Service (serving a map layer as picture)
XACML	eXtended Access Control Markup Language, a standard for describing security permissions to resources
XML	eXtended Markup Language, a textual representation of a message that is easily readable by computers