Joinup glossary

Architectural Building Blocks (ABB) are a fundamental concept that represents the basic components used to build an IT system or solution.

The Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS) is a vocabulary to describe interoperability assets making it possible for solution providers to describe their solutions using standardised metadata, content aggregators to aggregate such descriptions into a single point of access, and ICT developers to explore and search for interoperability assets.

ADMS-AP (Asset Description Metadata Schema – Application Profile) refers to the Application Profile (AP) of the ADMS and aims to extend the use of ADMS for the description of other types of interoperability solutions, meaning solutions covering the political, legal, organisational and technical interoperability layers defined by the European Interoperability Framework.

A Joinup feature available to Collection/Solution managers that allows them to send a message to their members (i.e., about upcoming events, new releases of software or tools, or project related to open-source software, digital solutions, etc.). It is an important means of communication that helps raise awareness.

An application profile is a type of resource that is used on the Joinup platform to describe the technical characteristics and requirements of a specific interoperability solution.

A registered user with the author role can publish, update, and/or delete their own content without moderation from a Collection/Solution manager.