Glossary & Acronyms

CONVERGE Transport Telematics Support and Consensus - (EC funded project 1996-98)
COOPERS - Cooperative Systems for intelligent road safety (EC co-funded project 2006-2010)
CVIS - Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems (EC co-funded project 2006-2010)
DFD - Data-Flow Diagram
EC - European Commission
E-FRAME - Extend FRAMEwork Architecture for cooperative systems (EC funded project 2008-11)
EITSFA - European ITS Framework Architecture
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FDF - Functional Data Flow
FRAME - Framework Architecture Made for Europe.
The core name that has been given to the recent EC funded projects that have maintained and supported the FRAME Architecture, as well as to the European ITS Framework Architecture itself.
FRAME-NET - FRAME Network (EC funded project 2001-04)
FRAME-S - FRAME Support (EC funded project 2001-04)
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
IE8 - Internet Explorer 8
IEEE - Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
ITS - Intelligent Transport System(s)
The use of computers and communications in (road) transport. Previously it has gone by the name of IVHS (Intelligent Vehcile Highway Systems), RTT (Road Transport Telematics) and RTI (Road Transport Informatics).
KAREN - Keystone Architecture Required for European Networks (EC funded project 1998-2000)
The EC funded project that created the first version of the European ITS Framework Architecture
OSI - Open Systems Interconnection
PC - Personal Computer
PDF - Physical Data Flow
RAID - Risk analysis for ITS architecture development
SAFESPOT - Cooperative systems for road safety "Smart Vehicles on Smart Roads" (EC co-funded project 2006-2010)
WP - Work package