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Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms
Pages 182-183

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... European Union FOIA Freedom of Information Act GEANT detector description and simulation tool GIS geographical information systems GNU GNU not Unix (refers to Stallman's free software movement) GPS Global Positioning System HBU historically black university HINARI Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative HWU historically white university 182
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... APPENDIX D 183 HWU-A historically white Afrikaans university HWU-E historically white English university ICSTI International Council for Scientific and Technical Information ICSU International Council for Science ICT information and communication technology INASP International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications INDMED Indian Biomedical Journals Database INSERM French Institute of Health and Medical Research IP intellectual property IPR intellectual property right ISTIP International Scientific and Technical Information Programs JPM Journal of Postgraduate Medicine MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NDVI normalized difference vegetation index NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development NGO nongovernmental organization NIST National Institute for Science and Technology, United States NLM National Library of Medicine, United States NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure OAI Open Archives Initiative OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OSVITA Ukrainian national educational information system PAHO Pan American Health Organization PDB Protein Data Bank PERI Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information R&D research and development SADC South African Development Community SciDev.Net Science and Development Network SPARC Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition STACCIS Support for Telematics Applications Cooperation with the CIS TPM technological protection measures TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (agreement) UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization URAN Ukrainian Research and Academic Network WHO World Health Organization WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WSIS World Summit on the Information Society WTO World Trade Organization XML extensible markup language


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