12 Appendix D - Glossary
Agency
Any NZ government entity
Authentication
A way of making sure people are who they say they are so that the right people get access to the right information or service.
Directory
A central list of government agencies and staff that is used within government organisations to manage access to information systems within and between agencies.
DOM
Document Object Model - a tree-based representation of an XML document. The whole document is parsed before the document can be read - considered suitable for small XML documents.
DNS
Domain Name Server
EbXML
e-business XML - a joint project of the UN and OASIS to bridge electronic document interchange (EDI) and XML
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GCSB
Government Communication Security Bureau
GML
Geography Markup Language
Guideline
A statement of desired, good or best practice approved by the Government, or its nominee (i.e. the e-GIF governing body). Generally non-compulsory.
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language - the lingua franca of the Internet
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Metadata
Electronic catalogue entries that describe information and services in a structure way. The information in a library card system is metadata that helps you find books you want.
MIME and S/MIME
Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions and Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure - a lock and key system that allows one person to scramble information before sending it to another in a way that can be unscrambled only by the person holding the appropriate key.
PNG
Portable Network Graphic
Policy
A formal statement of compulsory practice made by the Government.
RDF
Resource Description Framework
SAX
Simple API for XML - an event based parser for XML documents that is useful for reading large XML documents as they continue to load.
S.E.E.TM
Secure Electronic Environment
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
Stakeholder
Any person or organisation with a vested interest in a public resource or the public good. While each agency will have its own definition of stakeholders, they will generally include, Parliament, the Government-of-the-day, individual Ministers, the public, customers, businesses, or other government agencies etc.
Standard
Either a) an agreed process/practice/tool promulgated by an internationally approved Standards setting body, or b.) where such a standard is required but not available, approved by the Government (e.g. NZGLS Metadata Standard). Generally, e-GIF standards are compulsory.
Structured Data
Information that has been organised to allow identification and separation of the context of the information from its content.
SVG
Scalar Vector Graphics
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
UDDI
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
WFS
Web Feature Server
WMS
Web Map Server
WSDL
Web Services Definition Language
XMI
XML Metadata Interchange
XML Schema
W3C extensible markup language (XML) schema definition language for defining the structure, contents and semantics of XML documents.
XSL
Extensible Stylesheet Language
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