Glossary

This section contains a list of terms or abbreviations with their definition (and definition source if available), used in the context of OpenRiskNet project and its infrastructure development.

• AA = Authorization and Authentication
• ACEnano = Analytical and Characterisation Excellence in nanomaterial risk assessment: A tiered approach (EU H2020 Project 2017-2020)
• AOP = Adverse Outcome Pathway
• API = Application Programming Interface
• BFO = Basic Formal Ontology
• CDK = Chemistry Development Kit
• CEFIC = European Chemical Industry Council
• CI = Continuous Integration
• CICD = Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
• diXa Data Warehouse = A collection of European Toxicogenomics experiments with cross-links to chemical and molecular medicine databases
• DoA = Description of Action
• DoW = Description of Work
• DW = Data Warehouse
• EC = European Commission
• ECHA = European Chemicals Agency
• EFPIA = European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• EFSA = European Food Safety Authority
• EMA = European Medicines Agency
• ENM = Engineered Nanomaterials
• EPA = Environmental Protection Agency
• EU-ToxRisk = An Integrated European ‘Flagship’ Programme Driving Mechanism-based Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment for the 21st century (EU H2020 Project 2016 - 2021)
• eNanoMapper = A Database and Ontology Framework for Nanomaterials Design and Safety Assessment (EU FP7 Project 2014-2017)
• eTox = Integrating bioinformatics and chemoinformatics approaches for the development of expert systems allowing the in silico prediction of toxicities (EU FP7 Project 2010-2016)
• GraphQL = Query language for APIs, and a server-side runtime for executing queries by using a type system defined for the data
• HeCaTos - Hepatic and Cardiac Toxicity Systems modelling (EU FP7 Project 2013-2018)
• HPC = High Performance Computing
• HTTP = Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• IaaS = Infrastructure as a Service
• IRI = Internationalized Resource Identifier
• JSON-LD = JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data
• JQ = Jaqpot Quatro
• JRC = Joint Research Centre
• KE = Key Event
• NoSQL = Database providing a mechanism for storage and retrieval of data which is modeled in means other than the tabular relations used in relational databases
• NSC = European NanoSafety Cluster
• OAuth = Open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for Internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords
• OECD = Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
• OECD HT = OECD harmonized templates
• OpenID = Open standard and decentralized authentication protocol
• OpenRiskNet = Open e-Infrastructure to Support Data Sharing, Knowledge Integration and in silico Analysis and Modelling in Risk Assessment (EU H2020 Project 2016-2019)
• OpenTox = An Open Source Predictive Toxicology Framework (EU FP7 Project 2008-2011)
• OWL = Web Ontology Language
• PhenoMeNal - A comprehensive and standardised e-infrastructure for analysing medical metabolic phenotype data (EU H2020 Project 2015-2018)
• PostgreSQL = Object-relational database with an emphasis on extensibility and standards compliance
• QL = Query Language
• QSAR = Quantitative structure–activity relationship
• REST = Representational State Transfer
• RDF = Resource Description Framework
• SCCS = Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
• SEND = Standard for Exchange of Nonclinical Data
• SPARQL = SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
• SQL = Structured Query Language
• SSO = Single sign-on
• ToxBank = Supporting integrated data analysis and servicing of alternative testing methods in toxicology (EU FP7 Project 2011-2015)
• VRE = Virtual Research Environment