AAZV

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

ADISC

Animal Data Information Systems Committee

AIZA

Iberian Association of Zoos and Aquaria

AMACZOOA

Meso-American and Caribbean Zoo Association

ANPZ

Association Nationale des Parcs Zoologiques (France)

API

Application Program Interface

ARAZPA

Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria

ARKS

Animal Records Keeping System

ASP

Application Service Provider

AZA

American Zoo and Aquarium Association

AZCARM

Association of Zoos, Aquarium sand Wild Life Parks of the Mexican Republic

BSA

Business System Analysis

CAZA

Canadian Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums

CAZG

Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens

CBSG

Conservation Breeding Specialist Group

CCM

Change Control Manager

CDM

Conceptual Data Model

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CMS

Collection Management System

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CSV

Comma Separated Values

CTO

Chief Technical Officer

DBF

Data Base Files

DDL

Data Definition Language

DMZ

De Militarized Zone (Security)

EADISC

European Animal Data Information Systems Committee

EARKG

European Animal Records Keepers Group

EAZWV

European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

ETL

Extract, Transform, Load

EUAC

European Union of Aquarium Curators

EZNRG

European Zoo Nutrition Research Group

FUNZPA

Fundacion Nacional de Parques Zoologicos, Acuarios y Afines (Venezuela)

GADG

Global Animal Data Group

GBIF

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

HTTP

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

IADISC

International Animal Data Information Systems Committee

IDMAG

Institutional Data Managers Advisory Group (AZA)

IIAG

ISIS Interim Advisory Group

ISIS SAC

ISIS Scientific Advisory Group

ISIS STAC ADSS

ISIS STAC Animal Data Standards Subcommittee

ISIS STAC

ISIS Scientific and Technical Advisory Group

ISIS TAC

ISIS Technical Advisory Group

ISIS

International Species Information System

IT

Information Technology

JAD

Joint Application Design

JAZA

Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquaria

LDM

Logical Data Model

OLTP

On Line Transaction Processing

PAAZAB

Pan African Association of Zoological Gardens, Aquaria and Botanic Gardens

PDM

Physical Data Model

PMP

Project Management Plan

PSG

Project Steering Group

PSMS

Partula Species Management System

REGASP

Regional Animal Species Collection Plan

RfP

Request for Proposal

RoI

Return on Investment

RUP

Rational Unified Process

SAZARC

South Asian Zoo Association for Regional Cooperation

SEAZA

South East Asian Zoo Association

SAC

Science Advisory Committee

SIS

Species Information System (IUCN)

SMA

Subject Matter Area

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SNDPZ

Syndicat National des Parcs Zoologiques (France)

SOAP

Single Object Application Protocol

SoW

Statement of Work

SPARKS

Single Population Analysis & Records Keeping System

SPMAG

Single Population Management Advisory Group

SSL

Security Sockets Layer

SST

Strategic Software Task Force (AZA)

TAC

Technology Advisory Committee

UAT

User Acceptance Test

UC

User Case

UML

Unified Modelling Language

WAZA

World Association of Zoos and Aquaria

XLS

Microsoft Excel

XML

Extensible Markup Language

ZIMS

Zoological Information Management System

ZRA

Zoo Registrars Association

ZSL

Zoological Society of London