API – Application Programming Interface
GAMSO – Generic Activity Model for Statistical Organisations: A reference framework describing and defining the activities that take place within a typical statistical organisation
GIS – Geographic Information System
GPS – Global Positioning System
GSBPM – Generic Statistical Business Process Model: A flexible tool to describe and define the set of business processes needed to produce official statistics
GSIM – Generic Statistical Information Model: A reference framework of information objects, which enables generic descriptions of the definition, management and use of data and metadata throughout the statistical production process
HLG-MOS – High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics
ICT – Information and Communications Technology
METIS – The "brand name" for work on Statistical Metadata under the Conference of European Statisticians
OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
SDMX – Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange: A set of technical standards and content-oriented guidelines, together with an IT architecture and tools, to be used for the efficient exchange and sharing of statistical data and metadata
UNECE – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
XML – eXtensible Mark-up Language: A language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable