Appendix A
Acronyms and Abbreviations
API |
application programming interface |
APS |
Archival Preservation System |
ARC |
Archival Research Catalog |
BRDIS |
Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey |
CATI |
computer-assisted telephone interviewing |
CIPSEA |
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act |
CRS |
Congressional Research Service |
D3 |
Data Driven Documents |
Data-PASS |
Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences |
DDI |
Data Documentation Initiative |
DVN |
Dataverse Network |
EDI |
electronic data interchange |
EIM |
Enterprise Data/Information Management |
EUROSTAT |
Statistical Office of the European Union |
FCSM |
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology |
FFRDC |
federally funded research and development center |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GPO |
U.S. Government Printing Office |
GSA |
U.S. General Services Administration |
HBCUs |
historically black colleges and universities |
HTML |
hyper text markup language |
ICPSR |
Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research |
IPEDS |
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System |
IRIS |
Industrial Research and Development Information System |
NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration |
NCO |
National Coordination Office |
NCSES |
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NITRD |
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development |
NORC |
National Opinion Research Center |
NSCG |
National Survey of College Graduates |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSRCG |
National Survey of Recent College Graduates |
NTIS |
National Technical Information Service |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
OPA |
Online Public Access |
OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
OWL |
Web Ontology Language |
PDA |
personal data assistant |
POD |
print-on -demand |
PRA |
Paperwork Reduction Act |
R&D |
research and development |
RDC |
Research Data Center |
RDF |
resource description framework |
S&E |
science and engineering |
SciSIP |
Science of Science and Innovation Policy |
SCOPE |
Statistical Community of Practice and Engagement |
SDR |
Survey of Doctorate Recipients |
SED |
Survey of Earned Doctorates |
SEH |
science, engineering, and health |
SESTAT |
Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System |
SRS |
Science Resources Statistics Division (renamed the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics) |
STAR METRICS |
Science and Technology for America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the EffecTs of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science |
STEM |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
STPI |
Science and Technology Policy Institute |
URL |
uniform resource locator |
W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
WAI |
Web Accessibility Initiative |
WCAG |
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
WebCASPAR |
Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System |
XML |
extensible markup language |