Abbreviations
This page lists the abbreviations used throughout the guide. It is also the source of the tooltips you see elsewhere: any abbreviation in this table is shown with a dotted underline on every page, and its meaning appears when you hover over it.
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| API | application programming interface |
| AVG | Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (the Dutch name for the GDPR) |
| BDFL | benevolent dictator for life |
| CalVer | Calendar Versioning |
| CD | continuous deployment |
| CFF | Citation File Format |
| CI | continuous integration |
| CLA | Contributor License Agreement |
| CLI | command-line interface |
| CRediT | Contributor Roles Taxonomy |
| CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
| CVSS | Common Vulnerability Scoring System |
| CWL | Common Workflow Language |
| DCC | Data Competence Center |
| DCO | Developer Certificate of Origin |
| DMP | Data Management Plan |
| DOI | Digital Object Identifier |
| DPIA | Data Protection Impact Assessment |
| FAIR | findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable |
| FAIR4RS | FAIR Principles for Research Software |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration (United States) |
| FOSS | free and open-source software |
| FSF | Free Software Foundation |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| HPC | high-performance computing |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IVD | in vitro diagnostic |
| IVDR | In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation |
| LUMC | Leiden University Medical Center |
| MDR | Medical Device Regulation |
| MLOps | machine learning operations |
| NWO | Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (the Dutch Research Council) |
| ORCID | Open Researcher and Contributor ID |
| OSI | Open Source Initiative |
| OWASP | Open Worldwide Application Security Project |
| PACS | Picture Archiving and Communication System |
| PEP | Python Enhancement Proposal |
| PI | principal investigator |
| PID | persistent identifier |
| PMCID | PubMed Central identifier |
| PMID | PubMed identifier |
| PR | pull request |
| RDA | Research Data Alliance |
| RDL | research data lifecycle |
| ReSA | Research Software Alliance |
| ROR | Research Organization Registry |
| RS | research software |
| RSD | Research Support Desk |
| RSE | Research Software Engineer |
| SaMD | Software as a Medical Device |
| SBOM | Software Bill of Materials |
| SemVer | Semantic Versioning |
| SMP | Software Management Plan |
| SOP | standard operating procedure |
| SPDX | Software Package Data Exchange |
| SSI | Software Sustainability Institute |
| SSO | single sign-on |
| SWHID | Software Hash Identifier |
| UMC | University Medical Center |
| UX | user experience |
| WDL | Workflow Description Language |
| WSL | Windows Subsystem for Linux |