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This listing of acronyms descriptions are just some of the commo= nly used acronyms in the context of acronyms used within AgGateway. We= recommend that you go to www.AgGlossary.org for these and oth= er definitions. Please contact Member Services for any additions to th= is listing.
Abbreviation |
Description |
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ADAPT |
Ag Data Application Programming Toolkit - is an open-so= urce framework comprised of an Agricultural Application Data Model (AD= M), a common API (Application Programming Interface), and a combinatio= n of open source and proprietary data conversion plugins. Participati= ng FMIS (Farm Management Information System) companies will be responsible = for completing their own implementation of mapping the ADM to their FMIS da= ta model |
AEF |
Agriculture Industry Electronics Foundation - is an ind= ependent, international organization. As a user platform, it provides= resources and know-how for the increased use of electronic and electrical = systems in farming |
AEM |
Ag Equipment Manufacturers - is a trade association tha= t provides services on a global basis for companies that manufacture equipm= ent, products and services used worldwide in the following industries: Agri= culture, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Utilities |
AFBF |
American Farm Bureau Federation - is the unified nation= al voice of agriculture, working through our grassroots organizations to en= hance and strengthen the lives of rural Americans and to build strong, pros= perous agricultural communities. |
AFIA |
American Feed Industry Association - is an organization= devoted exclusively to representing the business, legislative and regulato= ry interests of the U.S. animal feed industry and its suppliers. |
API |
Application Programming Interface - is a set of ro= utines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. An API exp= resses a software component in terms of its operations, inputs, outputs, an= d underlying types. An API defines functionalities that are interdepe= ndent of their respective implementations, which allows definitions and imp= lementations, to vary without compromising each other. |
APQC |
American Productivity & Quality Center - an organization focused on business process best practices, benchmarking a= nd knowledge sharing. |
ARA |
Agricultural Retailers Association - is an industry org= anization that advocates, influences, educates and provides services to sup= port its members in their quest to maintain a profitable business environme= nt, adapt to a changing world and preserve their freedom to operate. = They are an AgGateway member. |
ARS |
Ag Research Service - The Agricultural Rese= arch Service (ARS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief&nb= sp;scientific in-house research agency. Their job is finding solutions to a= gricultural problems that affect Americans every day from field to table.= p> |
ASABE |
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers - Professional and technical organization of members worldwide intereste= d in engineering knowledge and technology for food and agriculture |
AEC Project |
Accelerated Electronic Connectivity Project - an eBusin= ess connectivity project in the Crop Protection segment (2004-2006) that wa= s sponsored by the RAPID organization. RAPID was a predecessor organization= to the AgGateway organization |
AGIIS |
Ag Industry Identification System - an industry wide di= rectory database owned and managed by AgGateway and hosted by CSC, Inc (for= merly Covansys). The AGIIS Directory's technical architecture provides a re= pository for industry common data elements and serves as the fundamental bu= ilding block for making efficient industry electronic business a reality. W= ith common, well-defined and properly maintained industry data, existing bu= siness inefficiencies and their related costs can be significantly reduced.= |
AIDC Project |
Automatic identification and Data Capture - project ref= ers to the methods of automatically identifying objects, collecting data ab= out them, and entering that data directly into computer systems (i.e. witho= ut human involvement). This project will also collaborate with = CRISTAL organization on guidelines. |
ANSI-X12 |
American National Standards Institute, X12 Committee - = A committee within the ANSI organization charged with developing data forma= ts for standard business documents with cross industry application. |
ARA |
The Agricultural Retailers Ass= ociation advocates, influences, educates and provides services to = support sellers of seeds, nutrients, crop protection products, farm equipme= nt, precision technology and agronomic services. |
ARC |
Ag Retail Council =E2=80=93 the governing body for the = companies that deliver agricultural inputs to growers. |
APC |
Allied Providers Council =E2=80=93 - the governing body= for the companies that conceive, design, build, deploy and support electro= nic information management systems and accompanying services to the broad a= rray of AgGateway members. |
ASTA |
American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is one of the ol= dest trade organizations in the United States. Its membership consists of o= ver 700 companies involved in seed production and distribution, plant breed= ing, and related industries in North America. |
BPMN |
Business Process Model Notation - is a graphical repres= entation for specifying business processes in a business process model. = |
BOD |
Board of Directors - also referred to as the Strategic = Board of Directors (SBOD). See SBOD for definition. |
CART Project |
Commodity Automation Rail & Truck - a grain segment= pilot project utilizing the Commodities Movement message between trading p= artners. |
CEO |
Chief Executive Officer =E2=80=93 responsible to the Bo= ard of Directors and the membership for maximizing the value of the organiz= ation. This role is filled by Wendy Smith |
C-Level |
Chief Officer level =E2=80=93 these are the collective = group of executive officers within an organization. |
CIDX |
Chemical Industry Data Exchange =E2=80=93 CIDX was a no= n-profit chemical-industry eBusiness standards organization. In 2009, CIDX = merged with OAGi (Open Applications Group). CIDX developed Chem eStandards,= which is also known as Ag eStandards. OAGi manages Chem eStandards. |
CIO |
Chief Information Officer - commonly given to the most = senior executive in an enterprise responsible for the information technolog= y and computer systems that support enterprise goals. Many of our mem= ber companies=E2=80=99 CIOs participate in the AG CIO Roundtable Forum (no = relationship to AgGateway) along with other ag companies. |
CLA |
CropLife America - is a US trade association representi= ng the major manufacturers, formulators and distributors of crop protection= and pest control products. |
COO |
Chief Operating Officer =E2=80=93 responsible for the o= perational aspects of the organization. This role is filled by Brent = Kemp |
CP |
Crop Protection =E2=80=93 segment or industry within Ag= Gateway. |
CPC |
Crop Protection Council =E2=80=93 - the governing body = for the crop protection (chemical) businesses within the AgGateway organiza= tion. |
CN |
Crop Nutrition =E2=80=93 segment or industry within AgG= ateway. |
CNC |
Crop Nutrition Council =E2=80=93 One of 7 active counci= ls OR Crop Nutrition Connectivity Project =E2=80=93 an XML= contract-to-invoice eBusiness connectivity project(s) in the Crop Nutritio= n segment. |
DOC |
Directory Oversight Committee =E2=80=93 This is a commi= ttee that is elected to oversee the AGIIS (Ag Industry Identification Syste= m) directory. |
DRC |
Digital Resource Center - This is a new organizational = structure within AgGateway 2020. This center oversees the Architectur= e, Standards & Guidelines, Directory Oversight Committee, and ADAPT com= mittees. It also works closely with the Portfolio Management Center w= ith the Working Groups. |
EBID |
E-Business Identification is a 13-character alpha= -numeric code used to identify physical locations, including but not limite= d to, manufacturing facilities, distribution facilities, retail locations, = end use businesses, drop points, rail sidings, and locations identified by = geographic location (latitude and longitude.) EBID identifiers issued after= September 2012 have the same numeric value as the GLN assigned to the enti= ty. The EBID is an older term, and is rarely used after about 2017.= p> |
ebMS |
eBusiness Messaging Specifications - |
EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange - the electronic transmissi= on of data from computer-to-computer. Couple of the types of EDI are EDI-X1= 2 and XML. |
EDI-X12 |
X12 Electronic Data Interchange - is an approved, publi= shed, and maintained formal description of how to structure the data requir= ed to perform a specific business function, in such a way as to allow for t= he transfer and handling of this data by electronic means |
EFC Project |
Enhanced Feed Connectivity Project - an XML order-to-in= voice eBusiness project in the Feed segment/industry. |
ERP |
Enterprise resource planning is a business manage= ment software=E2=80=94usually a suite of integrated applications=E2=80=94th= at a company can use to collect, store, manage and interpret data from many= business activities (such as product planning, product costing, manufactur= ing or delivery service, marketing, sales, inventory management, shipping, = etc.) |
FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standard - code use= d to identify counties with states or provinces. |
FMIS |
Farm Management Information System - is a generic term = for an integrated workflow software used to manage a farm (such as scouting= , sampling, pest, soil nutrition, irrigation, contract, harvest, planting, = labor, etc.) |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol is a standard internet protocol = used to transfer data from one computer to another over the internet. = td> |
FVTF |
Future Vision Task Force - A group representing the ext= ant AgGateway councils in 2012, commissioned to identify key needs of the i= ndustry to promote, enable and expand eBusiness into the future, to evaluat= e those needs against the current tools providing unique identifiers and ot= her eBusiness resources, and to build a document describing the resulting b= usiness and technical needs and requirements. The task force delivered the = first draft of its documentation to AgGateway in November 2013, and refined= the format and content through 2014. The current working document resides = on the AgGateway wiki. The task force has completed its initial charge and = has disbanded, although a small working group continues to review comments = and plan next steps. |
GFC |
Grain & Feed Council =E2=80=93 newly formed council= consisting of both the Grain and Feed segments of the industry |
GLN |
Global Location Number - is a unique 13 digit industry = identifier that consists of a company prefix issued by GS-1, a location ref= erence code and a check digit. The GLN can be used along with common data e= lements to identify physical locations, legal entities and individual perso= ns within the agricultural industry. All active entities in AGIIS are ident= ifiedwith a GLN. AGW maintains prefixes for the purpose of creating GLNs fo= r entities that do not have prefixes themselves. The resulting GLN is refer= red to as an =E2=80=9CAGIIS assigned GLN=E2=80=9D |
GS1 |
(originally identified as Global Standards 1, but was t= hen changed to just GS1 (www.gs1.org) - formerly = known as the Uniform Commercial Council (UCC), is the not-for-profit admini= strative and educational organization that works with U.S. and Canadian ind= ustry to develop and administer product identification and EDI standards; i= ssues a UPC identification number to the owner/controller of a product labe= l, i.e., a manufacturer, retailer, wholesaler, jobber, etc.; publishes all = UPC technical specifications and guidelines; and educates the business comm= unity about the Universal Product Code. |
GTIN |
Global Trade Item Number - describes a family of GS1 (E= AN.UCC) global data structures that employ 14 digits and can be encoded int= o various types of data carriers.. This is the AgGateway standard ide= ntifier for agricultural products in AGIIS. The GTIN, as defined in the AgG= ateway standard, is a 14-digit code consisting of an indicator digit, a com= pany code issued by GS-1, a unique product number assigned by the manufactu= rer, and a check digit. |
GTTR Project |
Germplasm. Trait, & Treatment Reporting Project -this project completed the design of an XML reporting message for seed g= ermplasm, trait and treatment reporting. |
IPR |
Intellectual Property Rights - include patents, copyri= ght, industrial design rights, trademarks, trade dress, and in some jurisdi= ctions trade secrets. |
IPSA |
Independent Professional Seed Association -is an organi= zation to represent the unique needs of independent seed companies. |
IRG |
Insurance & Regulatory Group - Working group w= ithin the Precision Ag Council that focuses on insurance and regulatory dat= a and issues. |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization - derive= d from the Greek isos, meaning "equal". Is a global standards orga= nization |
LACS |
Locatable Address Conversion System - is the physical a= ddress updates for 911 emergency system conversions provided by the United = States Postal Service. These updates are included in the Annual Maintenance= of entity records in AGIIS |
MSA |
Moved, Seconded, and Approved -used as= a shortcut in minutes to identify these action |
M/S |
Moved, Seconded -used as a shortcut on minutes to ident= ify these actions. |
MT |
Management Team =E2=80=93 the team responsible for the = operational area of AgGateway. These team members are appointed by th= e Board of Directors |
NAPD |
North American Product Directory - Is an obsolete growe= r directory that was used in the industry (1999-2003 - prior to the AGIIS (= Ag Industry Identification System) was established. The information f= rom the NAPD was rolled into the AGIIS directory). NAPD also refers to the obsolete identifier for those growers and end-use id= entifiers in the NAPD directory. This term is rarely used after we mo= ved to GLNs (Global Location Numbers) in 2010. |
NEXUSe2e |
This is not an acronym, but is added in because many think it is an acro= nym. The NEXUSe2e is a messaging server that provide= s XML based messaging using e.g. ebXML and web services to integrate busine= ss processes that span multiple companies. Its main use is for supply chain= integration, e.g. for exchanging orders and other business documents in el= ectronic form. |
NCOA |
National Change of Address - is the mailing address upd= ates provided to the United States Postal Service by the USPS COA (change-o= f-address) form. |
NGFA |
National Grain and Feed Association - is the national = trade association of grain elevators, feed and feed ingredient manufacturer= s, grain and oilseed processors, exporters, livestock and poultry . |
OADA |
Open Ag Data Alliance - OADA is an industry organizatio= n that claims that they help farmers access and control their data by build= ing an open source framework of commercial vendors, farmers, academics, and= developers upon which the emerging ag data market can grow. |
OAGi |
Open Applications Group, Inc - the organization that ov= ersees the OAGIS -- was formed in November 1994 in an effort to dramaticall= y ease everywhere-to-everywhere integration (inside and outside of the ente= rprise, as well as across the supply chain). OAGi has done this by crafting= standards where necessary and by recommending standards where they already= exist. |
OAGIS
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The Open Applications Group Integration Specification - is an effort to provide a canonical business language for information inte= gration. It uses XML as the common alphabet for defining business messages,= and for identifying business processes (scenarios) that allow businesses a= nd business applications to communicate. Not only is OAGIS the most complet= e set of XML business messages currently available, but it also accommodate= s the additional requirements of specific industries by partnering with var= ious vertical industry groups. |
OMB |
Operational Management Board - This board is responsibl= e for the operational business for AgGateway. Each Council appoints a= representative to the OMB. |
PA |
Precision Ag =E2=80=93 segment or industry within Agric= ulture that focuses on the operations on the farm. |
PAC |
Precision Ag Council =E2=80=93 is the governing body fo= r the Precision Ag segment. |
PAIL |
Precision Ag Irrigation Leadership - an AgGateway proje= ct to enable economic enhancement through a 20% improvement in agricultural= Irrigation energy efficiency by the year 2020. |
PCI Project |
Product Cost Information Project -This was a Crop Prote= ction industry XML messaging project transmitting the Price Sheet informati= on between trading partners. |
PMC |
Portfolio Management Center - is a new organization str= ucture within AgGateway 2020. |
RAPID |
(originally stood for Responsible Ag Product Identification and Distribution, but was later changed to RA= PID) - was the predecessor organization to AgGateway, that was foc= used on enabling eBusiness in the crop protection, seed and Seed segments. = RAPID was closed 12/31/08 and members moved to AgGateway. |
REST |
Representational State Transfer (REST)= is a software architecture style consisting of guidelines and best practic= es for creating scalable web services. REST is a coordinated set of constraints applied to the design of co= mponents in a distributed hypermedia system that can lead to a more perform= ance and maintainable architecture. |
SBOD |
Strategic Board of Directors - The AgGateway Strategic = Board of Directors (also referred to as the AgGateway Board of Directors, o= r Strategic Board) is comprised of nine members selected by a vote of the A= gGateway voting members. It is accountable to the full membership and= is responsible for the management and affairs of the corporation. |
SC Projects |
Seed Connectivity Projects - a couple of XML eBusiness = connectivity projects sponsored by the Seed Councils to connect trading par= tners in the seed industry. |
SOAP |
Simple Object Access protocol, is a protocol specificat= ion for exchanging structured information in the implementation of web serv= ices in computer networks. It uses XML Information Set for its message form= at, and relies on other application layer protocols, most notably Hypertext= Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), for mess= age negotiation and transmission. |
SPLC |
Standard Point Location Code -is a 9 digit geographic c= ode used by North American transportation industries, especially rail. SPLC= is owned and maintained by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association,= and used as a code list within AgGateway XML messages. |
SKU |
Standard Keeping Unit -is a distinct item for sale or s= ervice, and all attributes associated with the item that distinguish it fro= m other items. For a product, these attributes include, but are not limited= to, manufacturer, product description, material, size, color, packaging, a= nd warranty terms. In Ag these are typically referred to an the Member's in= ternal product ID. |
TFI |
The Fertilizer Institute is an industry organization th= at is the leading voice of the fertilizer industry, acting as an advocate f= or fair regulation and legislation, a consistent source for trusted informa= tion and data, a networking agent, and an outlet to publicize industry init= iatives in safety and environmental stewardship. |
SPADE Projects |
Standard Precision Ag Data Exchange Projects - ar= e AgGateway projects that enable seamless data exchange between machines an= d Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) for seeding, crop protection, = planting, harvesting, |
UML |
Unified Modeling Language - is a gener= al-purpose modeling language in the field of software engineering, which is= designed to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system. |
UOM |
Unit of Measure - in AgGateway this is a standard term = used to describe a standard for measurement of quantity. Typically th= is is from a code list, in AgGateway standards we use the UN Recommendation= 20 for all XML messages and ANSI X12 for the X12 EDI messages. |
UN/CEFACT |
The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic = Business, (UN/CEFACT) is a global standards organ= ization whose mission is to improve the ability of business, trade and admi= nistrative organizations, from developed, developing and transitional econo= mies, to exchange products and relevant services effectively - and so contr= ibute to the growth of global commerce. The Centre is a subsidiary body of = the UNECE Committee on Trade (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe= ). |
UN Rec |
UN-CEFACT Recommendation - are code lists used for glob= al implementations of eBusiness |
UPC |
Universal Product Code -a GS1 data code structure refer= red to as EAN/UPC. Its most common form, the UPC-A, consists of 12 nu= merical digits, which are uniquely assigned to each trade item. |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture - also known as= the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive= department responsible for developing and executing federal government pol= icy on farming, agriculture, forestry, and food. |
WS |
Web Services - is a method of communication between two= electronic devices over a network. It is a software function provided at a= network address over the Web with the service always on as in the= concept of utility computing. |
WSDL |
Web Services Description Language; a language for descr= ibing web services and how to access them |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language - is a worldwide-standard wa= y to format structured data. |
XRP Project |
XML Remittance Payment - an eBusiness connectivit=
y project for the payment remittance in the Crop Nutrition industry. |