Appendix A
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| API |
application programming interface |
| APS |
Archival Preservation System |
| ARC |
Archival Research Catalog |
| BRDIS |
Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey |
| CATI |
computer-assisted telephone interviewing |
| CIPSEA |
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act |
| CRS |
Congressional Research Service |
| D3 |
Data Driven Documents |
| Data-PASS |
Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences |
| DDI |
Data Documentation Initiative |
| DVN |
Dataverse Network |
| EDI |
electronic data interchange |
| EIM |
Enterprise Data/Information Management |
| EUROSTAT |
Statistical Office of the European Union |
| FCSM |
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology |
| FFRDC |
federally funded research and development center |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GPO |
U.S. Government Printing Office |
| GSA |
U.S. General Services Administration |
| HBCUs |
historically black colleges and universities |
| HTML |
hyper text markup language |
| ICPSR |
Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research |
| IPEDS |
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System |
| IRIS |
Industrial Research and Development Information System |
| NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration |
| NCO |
National Coordination Office |
| NCSES |
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NITRD |
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development |
| NORC |
National Opinion Research Center |
| NSCG |
National Survey of College Graduates |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSRCG |
National Survey of Recent College Graduates |
| NTIS |
National Technical Information Service |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OPA |
Online Public Access |
| OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| OWL |
Web Ontology Language |
| PDA |
personal data assistant |
| POD |
print-on -demand |
| PRA |
Paperwork Reduction Act |
| R&D |
research and development |
| RDC |
Research Data Center |
| RDF |
resource description framework |
| S&E |
science and engineering |
| SciSIP |
Science of Science and Innovation Policy |
| SCOPE |
Statistical Community of Practice and Engagement |
| SDR |
Survey of Doctorate Recipients |
| SED |
Survey of Earned Doctorates |
| SEH |
science, engineering, and health |
| SESTAT |
Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System |
| SRS |
Science Resources Statistics Division (renamed the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics) |
| STAR METRICS |
Science and Technology for America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the EffecTs of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science |
| STEM |
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| STPI |
Science and Technology Policy Institute |
| URL |
uniform resource locator |
| W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
| WAI |
Web Accessibility Initiative |
| WCAG |
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
| WebCASPAR |
Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System |
| XML |
extensible markup language |
