EBLIDA has compiled this quick reference guide to acronyms and abbreviations commonly used in our work. It covers European projects and initiatives as well as current topics. Web references are included where appropriate. If you have suggestions for other relevant acronyms or abbreviations, please let us know, using the form below.

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A

Acronym	Description	Website

B

Acronym	Description	Website
B2B	Business to business ecommerce transaction
B2C	Business to consumer ecommerce transaction

C

Acronym	Description	Website
ccTLD	country code Top Level Domain	More info.
CEC	The Commission of the European Communities	europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
CECUP	Central and Eastern European Copyright User Platform	www.eblida.org/cecup
CEE/CEEC	Central and Eastern European Countries
CELIP	Central and Eastern European Licensing Information Platform	www.eblida.org/celip
CoE	Council of Europe	www.coe.int
COR	Committee of the Regions	www.cor.eu.int/
CORDIS	Community Research & Development Information Service	www.cordis.lu/en/home.html

D

Acronym	Description	Website
DLM	Données lisibles par machine - Machine-readable data.	europa.eu.int/historical_archives...
DC	Dublin Core Metadata	dublincore.org/
DOI	Digital Object Identifier	www.doi.org

E

Acronym	Description	Website
EBLIDA	European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations	www.eblida.org
EC	European Communities	europa.eu.int/index_en.htm#
ECPA	European Commission on Preservation and Access	http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/
ECUP+	European Copyright User Platform	www.eblida.org/ecup
EFPICC	European Fair Practices in Copyright Campaign	www.eblida.org/efpicc/efpicc.htm
EP	European Parliament	www.europarl.eu.int/
ERA	European Research Area	europa.eu.int/comm/research/area.html
ESC	Economic and Social Committee	www.esc.eu.int/
EU	European Union	europa.eu.int
EUCLID	European Association for Library and Information Education and Research	http://www.jbi.hio.no/bibin/euclid/
EUCLID	Official UK cultural contact point, European information for the cultural sector	http://www.euclid.co.uk/

F

Acronym	Description	Website
FET	Future and Emerging Technologies
FP5	Fifth Framework Programme (European Commission research)	www.cordis.lu/fp5
FP6	Sixth Framework Programme (European Commission research)	europa.eu.int/comm/research/area.html

G

Acronym	Description	Website
GATS	General Agreement on Trade in Services	www.wto.org/...
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	www.wto.org/...
gTLD	generic Top Level Domain	More info.

H

Acronym	Description	Website

I

Acronym	Description	Website
ICANN	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers	www.icann.org
ICOLC	International Coalition of Library Consortia	www.library.yale.edu/consortia/
IDN	Internationalised Domain Names	More info.
IGC	Inter-governmental conference	More info.
IGO	Inter-governmental organisation	More info.
IPR	Intellectual Property Rights	More info.
IRC	Innovation Relay Centre	irc.cordis.lu
ISPO	Information Society Project Office	europa.eu.int/information_society...
IST	Information Society Technologies	www.cordis.lu/ist/

J

Acronym	Description	Website

K

Acronym	Description	Website

L

Acronym	Description	Website

M

Acronym	Description	Website
MANUMED	Multilingual Database on Manuscripts of the Mediterranean	www.manumed.org
MEP	Member of the European Parliament	wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep5/...
MS	European Union Member State

N

Acronym	Description	Website
NGO	Non-governmental organisation

O

Acronym	Description	Website

P

Acronym	Description	Website
PSI	Public Sector Information	More info.
PULMAN	Public Libraries Mobilising Advanced Networks	www.pulmanweb.org/

Q

Acronym	Description	Website

R

Acronym	Description	Website
RTD	Research and Technological Development	European example

S

Acronym	Description	Website
SME	Small and Medium-sized Enterprises	More info.
SPARC	Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition	www.sparceurope.org/index.htm
STM	Scientific, Technical, and Medical

T

Acronym	Description	Website
TECUP	Testbed Implementation of the ECUP Framework	gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/tecup/
TIP	Technological Implementation Plan	www.cordis.lu/fp5/tip.htm
TLD	Top Level Domain names	More info.

U

Acronym	Description	Website
UDRP	Uniform Domain Name Resolution Procedure	arbiter.wipo.int/domains...

V

Acronym	Description	Website

W

Acronym	Description	Website
WCT	WIPO Copyright Treaty, 1996	www.wipo.int/treaties/...
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organisation	www.wipo.int
WPPT	WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, 1996	www.wipo.int/treaties/...
WTO	World Trade Organisation	www.wto.org

X

Acronym	Description	Website

Y

Acronym	Description	Website

Z

Acronym	Description	Website

Created: 14 September 2001
Last updated: 20 January 2003