Article #101 - Glossary of Acronyms A - E
The following abbreviations are used in the GridWise™ KnowledgeBase
| A - E | F - K | L - P | Q - U | V - Z |
AEG
Architecture Expert Group (OSGi expert group)
AEX
Automated Equipment Information Exchange (FIATECH initiative)
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (industry trade group and SDO)
American National Standards Institute
ARC
Appliance Research Consortium (oversees AHAM Technical Advisory Committees)
ASC X12
The Accredited Standards Committee X12 (DISA)
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ATIS (ASC T1)
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Standards
B2B
business-2-business
BCF
Business Collaboration Framework (UN/CEFACT)
BFRL
Building and Fire Research Laboratory (NIST)
BPSS
Business Process Specification Schema (UN/CEFACT)
BSI
British Standards Institute
CABA
Continental Automated Buildings Association
CANENA
Council for Harmonization of Electro-technical Standards of the Nations of the Americas
CASM
Common Application Service Model (IEC TC57)
Consumer Electronics Association
CEBus
Consumer Electronic Bus (CEA R7.2)
CEIDS
Consortium for Electric Infrastructure to Support a Digital Society, now the EPRI IntelliGrid Consortium
CEN
European Committee for Standardization
CENELEC
European Committee for Electro-technical Standardization
CERTS
Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions
CICA
Context Inspired Component Architecture (DISA ASC X12)
CIGRE
International Council on Large Electric Systems
CIM
Common Information Model (IEC TC57)
CIS
Components Interface Specification (IEC TC57)
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (OMG: Object Management Group
)
COSEM
COmpanion Specification for Energy Metering (IEC TC13)
COTG
Convergence and Outreach Task Group (DISA)
CPEG
Core Platform Expert Group (OSGi)
CWM™
Common Warehouse Model or Common Warehouse Metamodel (OMG: Object Management Group)
DAF
Data Access Facility (OMG: Object Management Group)
DAIS
Data Acquisition for Industrial Systems (OMG: Object Management Group)
DER
Distributed Energy Resources
DISA (defense)
Defense Information Systems Agency
DISA (ASC X12)
Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc
DLMS
Distribution Line Message Specification (IEC TC13)
DMS
Distribution Management System
DOE
Department of Energy
DOM
Document Object Models (W3C)
DTD
Document Type Definitions (DISA ASC X12)
DTF
Domain Task Force (OMG: Object Management Group)
D-U-N-S
Data Universal Numbering System, a unique nine-digit numbering system that is used to identify a business.
E2I
Electricity Innovation Institute: EPRI's Electricity Innovation Institute (E2I) affiliate has been merged into EPRI.
EAI
Enterprise Application Integration (IEC TC57)
eBSC
eBusiness Standards Convergence (led by NIST)
ebXML
e-business eXchange Markup Language (OASIS)
ECMA
European Computer Manufacturers Association or for Standardizing Information and Communication Systems
ECMS
Energy Management Control Systems
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
EDIFACT
Electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport (UN/CEFACT)
ediint
Electronic Data Interchange - Internet Integration (IETF)
Electronic Industries Alliance
EMS
Energy Management System
EMS
API Energy Management System APplication Program Interface (IEC TC57)
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI
Electric Power Research Institute
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute