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ELISE - European Location Interoperability Solutions for e-Government glossary

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Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
UK Association for Geographic Information
Unified Modelling Language
Universal Map Module
United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

A United Nations Committee of Experts, established in 2016 as the apex intergovernmental mechanism for making joint decisions and setting directions with regard to the production, availability and use of geospatial information within national, regional and global policy frameworks.

The United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) provides a basis and guide for developing, integrating, strengthening and maximising geospatial information management and related resources in all countries. It will assist countries in bridging the geospatial digital divide and securing socio-economic prosperity, leaving no one behind.

View of the real or hypothetical world that includes everything of interest. (ISO/TC 211 (2014) - ISO 19109:2015(en) Geographic information

Source: ISO/TC 211 (2014) - ISO 19109:2015(en) Geographic information — Rules for application schema.

Uniform Resource Identifier

Is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object such as a tool or device. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a software can be used by specified consumers to achieve quantified objectives with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a quantified context of use.

Source: Wikipedia

Also known as usability or experience obstacles.

´Barriers [and enablers] are properties, situations, or conditions in the product development process, team, or context that negatively [or positively] influence the usability of a product.

The ability of putting the person or customer at the heart of the process of service

ELISE Resources: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC126666