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Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.

Synonyms - CC
CSW Synonyms - Catalogue Service for the Web
Data

Data is a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables.
Data table

A data table is a collection of related data held in a structured format within a database. It consists of fields (columns) and rows.
Database

A database is an organized collection of data

Synonyms - DB
Dataset

A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data
DBMS

DataBase Management System

Synonyms - DB Management System
DOI

Digital Object Identifier
Flat file

A flat file is a database designed around a single table.
GIS Synonyms - Geographic Information System
Interoperability

Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system whose interfaces are completely understood to work with other products or systems at present or future in either implementation or access without any restrictions.
Metadata

Data about data
OGC

Open Geospatial Consortium

Synonyms - Open Geospatial Consortium opengis
ORCID

Open Researcher and Contributor ID
OWS