actor

person or organizational unit playing a coherent set of roles when interacting with the system within a particular use case

person or organizational unit playing a coherent set of roles when interacting with the system within a particular use case

biological entity

material entity that was or is a living organism

material entity that was or is a living organism

concern; system concern

interest in a system relevant to one or more of its stakeholders
NOTE 1 to entry: A concern pertains to any influence on a system in its environment, including developmental, technological, business, operational, organizational, political, economic, legal, regulatory, ecological and social influences.
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, 3.7]

interest in a system relevant to one or more of its stakeholders
NOTE 1 to entry: A concern pertains to any influence on a system in its environment, including developmental, technological, business, operational, organizational, political, economic, legal, regulatory, ecological and social influences.
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, 3.7]

controller

any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body which alone or jointly with others collect and/or process and determine the purposes and means of the processing of PI, independently whether or not a person uses the PI by themselves or assigns the tasks to a processor; where the purposes and means of processing are determined by national or Community laws or regulations,…

any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body which alone or jointly with others collect and/or process and determine the purposes and means of the processing of PI, independently whether or not a person uses the PI by themselves or assigns the tasks to a processor; where the purposes and means of processing are determined by national or Community laws or regulations, the controller or the specific criteria for his nomination may be designated by national or Community law

corporate customer model

contractual model where the user is a commercial entity
EXAMPLE: 1 A business purchasing monthly public transport passes for its employees.
EXAMPLE: 2 A commercial entity using a commercial courier service for package delivery.

contractual model where the user is a commercial entity
EXAMPLE: 1 A business purchasing monthly public transport passes for its employees.
EXAMPLE: 2 A commercial entity using a commercial courier service for package delivery.

data registrar

organizational element or an individual appointed by ISO/TC 204 to undertake the day-to-day management of the Data Registry process

organizational element or an individual appointed by ISO/TC 204 to undertake the day-to-day management of the Data Registry process

entity

concrete or abstract thing that exists, did exist, or can possibly exist, including associations among these things
EXAMPLE: Person, object, event, idea, process, etc.

concrete or abstract thing that exists, did exist, or can possibly exist, including associations among these things
EXAMPLE: Person, object, event, idea, process, etc.

ENISA

European Union Agency for Network and Information Security Agency

ExCom

executive committee

government customer model

contractual model where the user is a governmental entity
EXAMPLE: A governmental entity using a commercial courier service for package delivery.

contractual model where the user is a governmental entity
EXAMPLE: A governmental entity using a commercial courier service for package delivery.

CCC

change control committee

immaterial entity

entity that does not occupy three-dimensional space
EXAMPLE: Idea, process, organization, etc.

entity that does not occupy three-dimensional space
EXAMPLE: Idea, process, organization, etc.

initiator

role sending the initial message in a message exchange

role sending the initial message in a message exchange

ITS application role

ITS-S user need expressed as a formal set of interoperability requirements that need to be fulfilled to satisfy a portion of functionality of an ITS application

ITS-S user need expressed as a formal set of interoperability requirements that need to be fulfilled to satisfy a portion of functionality of an ITS application

ITS registrar

organizational element or an individual appointed by ISO/TC 204 to undertake the day-to-day management of the data concept registry process

organizational element or an individual appointed by ISO/TC 204 to undertake the day-to-day management of the data concept registry process

ITS service provider; service provider

entity that delivers one or more ITS service
NOTE 1 to entry: Cooperative ITS services often require multiple entities cooperatively working together to provide a unified service where the individual entities are simultaneously ITS service providers and ITS users.

entity that delivers one or more ITS service
NOTE 1 to entry: Cooperative ITS services often require multiple entities cooperatively working together to provide a unified service where the individual entities are simultaneously ITS service providers and ITS users.

ITS user

one who directly receives and can act on ITS data or control products
NOTE 1 to entry: An ITS user is one who receives, directly or indirectly, or provides to, the transaction of an ITS service; these users of ITS services must be human, external systems, or another source of data, e.g. detection equipment.

one who directly receives and can act on ITS data or control products
NOTE 1 to entry: An ITS user is one who receives, directly or indirectly, or provides to, the transaction of an ITS service; these users of ITS services must be human, external systems, or another source of data, e.g. detection equipment.

ITS user need; user need

need of an entity external to the intelligent transport system for a surface transport system benefit that can be met with the use of information, communication, sensor, and/or control technologies
EXAMPLE: Increasing safety, sustainability, efficiency and/or comfort.

need of an entity external to the intelligent transport system for a surface transport system benefit that can be met with the use of information, communication, sensor, and/or control technologies
EXAMPLE: Increasing safety, sustainability, efficiency and/or comfort.

ITS user; user

entity that has an ITS user need to be fulfilled

entity that has an ITS user need to be fulfilled

material entity

entity that occupies three-dimensional space
NOTE 1 to entry: All material entities have certain characteristics that can be described and therefore this concept is important for ontology purposes.

entity that occupies three-dimensional space
NOTE 1 to entry: All material entities have certain characteristics that can be described and therefore this concept is important for ontology purposes.

NIST

National Institute for Standards and Technology

non-biological entity

material entity that is not and has never been a living organism

material entity that is not and has never been a living organism

object request broker (ORB)

function within the CORBA architecture that acts as a broker in fulfilling client requests for services from objects in a distributed environment

function within the CORBA architecture that acts as a broker in fulfilling client requests for services from objects in a distributed environment

parser (for XML)

processor that reads an XML document and determines the structure and properties of the data
NOTE 1 to entry: If the parser goes beyond the XML rules for conformance and validates the document against an XML schema, the parser is said to be a “validating” parser. A generalized XML parser reads XML files and generates a hierarchically structured tree, then hands off data to viewers and other…

processor that reads an XML document and determines the structure and properties of the data
NOTE 1 to entry: If the parser goes beyond the XML rules for conformance and validates the document against an XML schema, the parser is said to be a “validating” parser. A generalized XML parser reads XML files and generates a hierarchically structured tree, then hands off data to viewers and other applications for processing.
A validating XML parser also checks the XML syntax and reports errors.

pedestrian

person who is travelling on foot

person who is travelling on foot

personal information controller

entity or organization that controls the collection, holding, processing or use of personal information

entity or organization that controls the collection, holding, processing or use of personal information

policy subject

policy subject entity with which a policy assertion can be associated (WS-Policy)
EXAMPLE: An endpoint, message, resource, operation.

policy subject entity with which a policy assertion can be associated (WS-Policy)
EXAMPLE: An endpoint, message, resource, operation.

private customer model

contractual model where the user is an individual

contractual model where the user is an individual

processor

natural person or legal entity or organization that processes personal information (PI) on behalf of and in accordance with the instructions of a PI controller and if it use PI only for the commissioned work

natural person or legal entity or organization that processes personal information (PI) on behalf of and in accordance with the instructions of a PI controller and if it use PI only for the commissioned work

resource; enterprise view resource

element that represents an entity that is managed, operated, referenced and/or used to develop and provide ITS

element that represents an entity that is managed, operated, referenced and/or used to develop and provide ITS