List of terms and abbreviations

The specifications contain various abbreviations and terminology which are explained here.

For more terminology, see also the overview used within the sector.

  Description
API Application Programming Interface
ART Agile Release Train
ASNO API strategy for the Dutch government
BOM Business Object Model
C-AR Centraal Aansluitingen Register
C-ARM Centrale Allocatie Reconciliatie en Meetdata
CIM Common Information Model
CMF Centrale Markt facilitering
Consumer Consumer of information via messages or services/data via APIs.
Context attribute Context metadata will be represented by the context attributes. Tools and application code can use this information to identify the relationship of events to aspects of the system or to other events.
CPS Centraal Postbus Systeem
CRUD Create Read Update Delete
DNS Domain Name System
DSO Digitaal Stelsel Omgevingswet
EDA Event Driven Architecture
a design pattern in which system components communicate by generating and responding to events - significant changes in state or circumstances.
Event Occurrence or notification that an important event has occurred in a domain. Events are messages containing data that represents the payload and context metadata that provides contextual information about the event. Events represent facts that are immutable.
HAL Hypertext Application Language
JSON JavaScript Object Noon
MMC Market to Market Communication
NC RFG Netcode Requirements For Generators
Nexus Message hub for wholesale gas messages
OAuth Open Authorization
OAS Open API Specificati
ODATA Open Data Protocol
Producer Producer of information via messages or services/data via APIs
QoS Quality of Service specification
REST REpresentational State Transfer
SOAP Simple Object Acces Protocol
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Uniform Resource Locator
URN Uniform Resource Name
WFS Web Feature Service