Terminology

Description

CAS

Central Authentication Service. It provides a login server for GakuNin RDM. https://www.apereo.org/projects/cas

CD

Celery

It provides a task management function that retrieves and executes processing from RabbitMQ. http://www.celeryproject.org/

CI

Continuous Integration. It stands for a continuous integration.

CiNii Research

CiNii Research is a search infrastructure. http://cir.nii.ac.jp/

COS

Center for Open Science. The organization that developed the software, OSF, that formed the basis of GakuNin RDM.

DS

IdP search system within an authentication system. Discovery Service.

Elasticsearch

It provides a full-text search engine that records and searches user activities on GakuNin RDM.

Ember

It provides Web service functions within GakuNin RDM.

ePPN

eduPersonPrincpalName (ePPN). It is used as an identifier for GakuNin users in the authentication system on GakuNin RDM.

GakuNin (Shibboleth)

It is used in GakuNin RDM as an authentication system from academic institutions. https://www.gakunin.jp/

GakuNin RDM

Research data management service developed by the National Institute of Informatics (NII)

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

IdP

ID management system of an authentication system. Identity Provider.

JAIRO Cloud

JAIRO Cloud (WEKO3) is a public platform. https://jpcoar.repo.nii.ac.jp/page/42

JupyterHub

Data processing workflow available via JupyterHub add-on on GakuNin RDM

mAP

Group management function of an authentication system. member Attribute Provider.

mAP Core

Group management function within GakuNin Cloud Gateway

MFR

Module File Renderer. It provides the function to render files stored in GakuNin RDM on web pages.

MongoDB

It provides a database for managing the contents edited by ShareJS.

NII

The National Institute of Informatics

NII storage

The standard storage area provided by the NII

OSF

Open Science Framework. The OSS on which GaKuNin RDM is based.

GRDM Admin

It provides management functions for GakuNin RDM.

GRDM API

It provides an API that handles the internal processing of GakuNin RDM such as handling users, projects, and files.

GRDM Web

It provides a Web UI that is the front end of GakuNin RDM.

OSS

Open-Source Software

PaaS

Platform as a Service

PostgreSQL

It is used as the main database of GakuNin RDM.

RabbitMQ

It provides a message queue for asynchronously executing the processing that occurs within GakuNin RDM. http://www.rabbitmq.com/

RIMS

RIMS: Research Integrity Management System. It develops a framework that supports registration, storage, and publication of all research paper data.

SaaS

Software as a Service

ShareJS

It provides a co-editing function within a project's Wiki.
https://github.com/share

SP

It refers to the application (service) side of an authentication system. Service Provider.

Unoconv

Universal Office Converter. It provides the function to convert various uploaded documents to PDF so that they can be rendered via MFR.

UPKI

The digital certificate issuing service provided by NII. https://certs.nii.ac.jp/

WaterButler

It provides the file server function used by GakuNin RDM.

WEKO

A public infrastructure (institutional repository). http://weko.at.nii.ac.jp/

Timestamp token

TST (Time Stamp Token). A timestamp authority digitally signs a timestamp request.

Timestamp request

The hash value of the data is sent to a timestamp authority.

Multi-cloud file manager

A file manager that allows to manage files in multiple cloud storages at once.

Extended storage

You can use the storage area (cloud/on-premises) prepared for your institution on GakuNin RDM.

GakuNin Technical Guide

https://www.gakunin.jp/technical/

Management screen

GakuNin RDM provides a management screen on which institutional users can partially restrict the functions of GakuNin RDM or use functions such as viewing usage statistics. You need to set this service separately from the standard service.

Institutional storage

The institution's system administrator designates one of the object-storage as the standard storage on campus. The storage is automatically mounted at the start of a project. The NII storage cannot be used together.

Management function for institutional use

It is a function for the institution's administrator to customize the RDM service within the organization.

Research data sharing function

It is a function to share data by authentication via GakuNin and group management.

Research trail storage function

It is a function to prove the existence of a file with a timestamp from a Time Stamp Authority. It detects data operations and content changes conducted outside of GakuNin RDM. It allows principal investigators and institutional managers to centrally manage research trails.

Time Stamp Authority

TSA (Time Stamp Authority).

NII RDC

Research data infrastructure provided by NII. NII Research Data Cloud.

RDM

Research data management. RDM stands for research data management.

Bibliography management add-ons

You can use the Mendeley/Zotero service from the add-ons function of GakuNin RDM.

Project

The largest unit in GakuNin RDM. It can be created in units of an experiment, a lab group, a paper, etc. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019737594-Create-a-Project

Quota

By setting the quota, you can limit the disk capacity for each user or group.

Components

Subprojects that can be created under a project. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019737614-Create-Components

Private components

Components of which you are not a contributor

Project manager

The administrator has the rights to read/write, manage contributors, delete and register projects. Adding Contributors

Mount

It means to link an external service with GakuNin RDM. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360055351493-Add-ons

Checksum (MD5 / SHA2)

It is a method to check whether the files are the same. For details of OSF's file backup, please refer here: https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019737894-FAQs#Backup-Preservation-Policy

Bibliographic status

It can be set to show/hide when citing a project. It can be set from the contributor menu. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019737774-Edit-Contributor-Permissions

Fork

It means to create a copy of a project and its subordinate components. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019737914-Fork-a-Project

Link

By linking projects, you can link related projects in the 'Components'. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019930313-Link-to-a-Project

Access request

Users who are not the contributors of a project can request a permission to view the project. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/sections/360003569234-Requesting-access

Wiki

A content management system provided as an application of GakuNin RDM. Wiki Settings Editting a Wiki Page Adding and Deleting a Wiki Page/Rename a Wiki Page View Versions of Wiki Page　 https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/sections/360003569274-Wiki

Comment

From Settings > Commenting, you can configure commenting settings.
https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019737434-Comment-on-a-Project

E-mail notification

From a user's 'Settings' page, each user can set an email notification to be notified of any actions. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019738034-Add-a-New-Email-Address-to-Your-Account

Redirect link

From Settings > Redirect Link, you can set to redirect a visitor from a project page to an external web page. https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019737934-Add-a-Redirect-Link