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. 2022 Apr 13;9:169. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01265-x

Table 1.

Glossary of terms, abbreviations and acronyms.

Term Definition Website
1 + MG European ‘1 + Million Genomes’ Initiative https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/1-million-genomes
ART-DECOR® Advanced Requirement Tooling Data Elements, Codes, OIDs and Rules https://art-decor.org
B1MG Beyond 1 Million Genomes project https://b1mg-project.eu
BBMRI Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure https://www.bbmri.nl
CDE Common Data Elements https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/set-of-common-data-elements_en
CINECA Common Infrastructure for National Cohorts in Europe, Canada, and Africa https://www.cineca-project.eu
DCDE Domain specific Common Data Elements https://erica-rd.eu/event/domain-specific-common-data-elements-dcdes-curation
EGA European Genome-phenome Archive https://ega-archive.org
EJP-RD European Joint Programme for Rare Disease https://www.ejprarediseases.org
ELIXIR European life-sciences Infrastructure for biological Information https://elixir-europe.org
ERICA European Rare Disease Research Coordination and Support Action consortium https://erica-rd.eu
EuroGentest EuroGentest: harmonizing genetic testing across Europe http://www.eurogentest.org
FAIRplus FAIRplus project https://fairplus-project.eu
FDP FAIR Data Point https://www.fairdatapoint.org
FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources https://www.hl7.org/fhir
GA4GH Global Alliance for Genomics and Health https://www.ga4gh.org
Health-RI Health Research Infrastructure https://www.health-ri.nl
HL7 Health Level Seven International https://hl7.org
ICGC International Cancer Genome Consortium https://dcc.icgc.org
ISA-TAB Investigation Study Assay (ISA) tab-delimited (TAB) format https://isa-tools.org
JRC Joint Research Centre https://ec.europa.eu/jrc
MIABIS Minimum Information About BIobank data Sharing https://github.com/BBMRI-ERIC/miabis
RD3 Rare Disease Data about Data https://solve-rd.molgeniscloud.org
SolveRD Solving the unsolved Rare Diseases https://solve-rd.eu
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas http://cancergenome.nih.gov
VKGL Vereniging Klinisch Genetische Laboratoriumdiagnostiek https://www.vkgl.nl
VKGN Vereniging Klinische Genetica Nederland https://www.vkgn.org
X-omics The Netherlands X-omics Initiative (X-omics, pronounce as CROSS-omics) https://www.x-omics.nl