| API | Application Programming Interface |
| BiaB | Beacon-in-a-box |
| CARE-SM | Clinical And Registry Entries Semantic Model |
| CCE | Common Conditions of Use Elements |
| CDE | Common Data Elements |
| DCAT | Data Catalogue Vocabulary |
| DUC | Digital Use Conditions |
| EJP RD | European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases |
| ERN | European Reference Network |
| FAIR | Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable |
| FiaB | FAIR-in-a-box |
| FDP | FAIR Data Point |
| HPO | Human Phenotype Ontology |
| PPRL | Privacy Preserving Record Linkage |
| REST | REpresentational State Transfer |
| RD | Rare Disease |
| RDF | Resource Description Framework |
| SPARQL | SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language |
| VP | Virtual Platform |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |