Submitted by ​Thorsten Trippel on 07 May 2013

The intention of this glossary is to synchronize the input form and the viewer and come to a common understanding of what to insert into the data fields. Ideally this is also synchronized with the ISOcat data category definition, as they are linked to from the ​CMDI center profile.

Admin page term	Values	Viewer term	Recommended Change	Definition	Explanation	Consequences of entry	Suggestions/Discussion
Center name	string	Name	CLARIN name of center	official name of a CLARIN center used within CLARIN		Appears in every list of centers
Center type	Closed vocabulary	Type	Center Type	indication of the type of a CLARIN center		Centers will be grouped by types; it is possible that only specific types of centers will need certain bits of information. For example High Availability is only a requirement for A centers
Type status	prose	Status	Comment on Center Type	comment on the type of a center		information only
Description	prose	Description		description of a center		information only
Center Basic information				grouping of data categories that contains the information on the class of center
Center Extended information				grouping of data categories required to provide some technical information on the center
Website	URL	Website		website of the institution where the center is located		displayed and link from organization name
Long Time Archiving Policy	String, should be controlled vocab	--		indication a policy type for long term archiving		information only/could be used for assessment
Repository system	Prose, should be controlled vocab	Repository System		indication the name of the technical backend of a repository		This can be relevant for testing APIs. However it is also a possible security whole to publish the backend implementation information. Suggestion: Controlled Vocab: Fedora-Commons, Dspace, ​LAMUS, own, other
​PID status	string, should be controlled vocab	PID Status		indication what kind of PIDs are being used	There are various PID services: own (handled by the institute), handle via ​EPIC (GWDG issues the PID), ​DOI, ​URN. Most frequent will be handle via EPIC	This can be used for testing services if they can successfully resolve all types of PIDs used within CLARIN
Strictversioning	Boolean	Strict Versioning		indication if a strict versioning is beingused by a center		Currently not used
Assessment status		Assessment		indication the assessment labels and the state of assessment		Can be used for executive summaries, but this field is currently not machine readable.	Here a change of the data model could be usefull: Assessment type, state, valid before would be groups to describe for example the ​DSA, CLARIN assessment, etc.
​AAI
---	Boolean	CLarin Infrastructure services	CLARIN Infrastructure Services
AAI status	string, should be controlled vocab	AAI status	AAI provider	Indication if an AAI is available		Used for report on the status	A closed vocabulary would be good here: National AAI, International network of AAIs, national CLARIN AAI, via CLARIN IDP, other, none
MemberofSpf	Boolean	Member of CLARIN service Provider Federation	Member of CLARIN service Provider Federation	Indication if services by this center are accessible via the CLARIN Service Provider Federation
Organisation information	string	Organisational Information				heading only
Organisations name	string	Organization name		Name of the organizational entity within an institution at which  the center is located. Organizations are part of institutions. If there Is no subdivision, Organizations and Institutions will be the same.		info only	The distinction between Organization and Institution is/was not clear. The Center Registry needs to be checked if the terms were consistently used.
Institution	string	Institution		Name of an organizational entity at which the center is located, for example the university or large research institute.		info only
Working unit	string	Working Unit		indication of the name of the working group within an organization in an institution running the CLARIN center. Sometimes the Organisation and working group will be the same.
Code	string	Code		Short code used also as an identifier in technical information on a CLARIN center, usually up to 4 letters.		The code is displayed and can be used in reports to refer to the center. It should be short, transparent and publishable
Address		Post Address		mailing address without zip/postal code and city		info only
Postal Code		Post Address		Zip/postal code of address		info only
City		Post Address		location of address		info only
Latitutde				Value in GEO coordinate system for the location		Currently not used, possible  for reports on geographical distribution of centers
Longitude				Value in GEO coordinate system for the location		Currently not used, possible  for reports on geographical distribution of centers
Country	controlled vocab	--		Country of the location of the center
Expertise	string, should be controlled vocab	Expertise		Indication of subject specialization in the CLARIN network		info only
Admin contact	from other DB	Administrative Contact		Name of the person serving as a contact point for administrative questions of the center		This address will serve as the primary non-technical contact
Security contact	from other DB	---		Name of the person serving as a contact point for security related questions of the center		This person will be contacted in security critical information and should be able to act on short notice
Tech contact	from other DB	Technical Contact		Name of the person serving as a contact point for technical questions of the center		This is the primary technical contact.
Monitoring		--
Service provider test site		--
Clarin inform. Services		--
Center clarin federationss		--
MemberFed		Member of					In the editor, this field also appears as a heading
Center referencess
Website		Web Site
Description		Description
Cetner metadatas
Center code		---
OAI accesspoint	URL	OaiAccessPoint	​OAI-PMH Provider	URL of the OAI-PMH server
MetadataScheme	Closed Vocabulary	Metadata Schema	Metadata Schema
WebServicesSet		WebServicesSet
		Center Type A		offer services that are relevant for the infrastructure as a whole and that need to be offered at a high level of commitment (stability, availability, persistence)
		Center Type B		offer services that include the access to the resources stored by them and tools deployed at the centre via specified and CLARIN compliant interfaces in a stable and persistent way
		Center Type C		offer machine readable metadata in a stable and persistent way allowing service providers to harvest their metadata and making them browsable, searchable and combinable
		Center Type E		offer CLARIN relevant services, but these services are not offered by members of CLARIN; in general these will be common infrastructure services, i.e. external centres will often provide  A centre services
		Center Type K		offer expertise and advice about various matters that are relevant for the researchers to easily make use of the CLARIN services and that are not covered by the other centres
		Center Type R		offer resources and tools via standard web sites (or web services), but do not have funds (yet) to participate in the CLARIN infrastructure and cannot make commitments