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* [[BT]]: [[Bluetooth]] | * [[BT]]: [[Bluetooth]] | ||
* [[ConsuML]]: Consumerium Markup Language | * [[ConsuML]]: Consumerium Markup Language | ||
* [[FLO]]: [[Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International]] | * [[FLO]]: [[Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International]] | ||
* [[ebXML]]: Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language | * [[ebXML]]: Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language | ||
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* [[GSMP]]: Global Standards Management Process, initiative by [[EAN.UCC]] | * [[GSMP]]: Global Standards Management Process, initiative by [[EAN.UCC]] | ||
* [[GTIN]]: Shared namespace containing both [[EAN]] and [[UPC]] codes administered by [[EAN.UCC]] | * [[GTIN]]: Shared namespace containing both [[EAN]] and [[UPC]] codes administered by [[EAN.UCC]] | ||
* [[ISIN]]: International Securities Identification Numbering System (see [[w:ISO-6166|ISO-6166]] | * [[ISIN]]: International Securities Identification Numbering System (see [[w:ISO-6166|ISO-6166]]) | ||
* [[OASIS]]: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards | * [[OASIS]]: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards | ||
* [[PoS]]: [[Point-of-Sale]] | * [[PoS]]: [[Point-of-Sale]] | ||
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* [[UHC]]: [[Ultimate Holding Company]] (this term is used by the folks at [http://ethicalconsumer.org ECRA-site]) | * [[UHC]]: [[Ultimate Holding Company]] (this term is used by the folks at [http://ethicalconsumer.org ECRA-site]) | ||
* [[UNECE]] : United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | * [[UNECE]] : United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | ||
* [[UN/LOCODE]]: United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations | * [[w:UN/LOCODE|UN/LOCODE]]: United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations | ||
* [[UPC-A]]: Uniform Product Code A, Product indentification system in the US & CA, administered by [[UCC]] | * [[UPC-A]]: Uniform Product Code A, Product indentification system in the US & CA, administered by [[UCC]] | ||
* [[UPC-E]]: Uniform Product Code E, for [[small product]]s, Product indentification system in the US & CA, administered by [[UCC]] | * [[UPC-E]]: Uniform Product Code E, for [[small product]]s, Product indentification system in the US & CA, administered by [[UCC]] | ||
* [[w:QoS|QoS]]: [[w:Quality of Service|Quality of Service]] | * [[w:QoS|QoS]]: [[w:Quality of Service|Quality of Service]] | ||
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'''See also:''' | |||
* [[Consumerium Concepts]] | * [[Consumerium Concepts]] | ||
* [[Glossary]] | * [[Glossary]] | ||
Revision as of 08:31, 15 October 2003
Abbreviations used in Consumerium R&D Wiki
Not including household things like HTML, XML, HTTP, or should it? Mainly just internal abbreviations for faster input.
Oh yeah: Let's try and not forge our own jargon that makes the discussions prohibitively difficult to follow for non-consuholics.
- BT: Bluetooth
- ConsuML: Consumerium Markup Language
- FLO: Fair Trade Labelling Organizations International
- ebXML: Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language
- D-U-N-S: Dun&Bradstreet equity identification number, obtaining one is free. Querying them is prohibitively expensive/difficult
- EAN: European Article Numbering
- EAN.UCC: Joint Effort by EAN-international and UCC for unification of coding systems
- ECRA: Ethical Consumer Research Association
- GCP: Global Company Prefix administered by EAN.UCC
- GLN: Global Location Number administered by EAN.UCC
- GSMP: Global Standards Management Process, initiative by EAN.UCC
- GTIN: Shared namespace containing both EAN and UPC codes administered by EAN.UCC
- ISIN: International Securities Identification Numbering System (see ISO-6166)
- OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
- PoS: Point-of-Sale
- SF: Sourceforge
- SSCC: Serial Shipping Container Code, administered by EAN.UCC
- SRC ;) : Socially Responsible Consuming
- SRI: Socially Responsible Investing
- UCC: Uniform Code Council, administers UPC-A and UPC-E code systems
- UHC: Ultimate Holding Company (this term is used by the folks at ECRA-site)
- UNECE : United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- UN/LOCODE: United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations
- UPC-A: Uniform Product Code A, Product indentification system in the US & CA, administered by UCC
- UPC-E: Uniform Product Code E, for small products, Product indentification system in the US & CA, administered by UCC
- QoS: Quality of Service
See also: