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Term	Description
F5 BIG-IP	a load balancing product from provider F5.
faceted browse	a paradigm for data discovery based on filtering along multiple dimensions within a faceted classification system; distinct from a hierarchical navigation or direct text search
feature	an abstraction of a real-world phenomenonÑusually a type of domain feature, or a specific instance
feature store	a logical database containing a set of feature instances
feature-of-interest	a feature (normally an environmental geography or other domain feature) upon which environmental observations are made
federated	of an information platform, where the components are deployed at multiple geographic locations and on different computational nodes
federation	logical or physical aggregation of (meta) data harvested from multiple federated data providers
field survey	an observing method involving a human observer applying a standardised observing protocol at a specific field location
filter	a constraint that may be applied during dataset querying to restrict the returned result set
filtering	the act of applying a filter during a data querying operation
find.ga.gov.au	Web address for FIND, the Australian GovernmentÕs spatial data catalogue. In conjunction with data.gov.au it provides access to a network of open government data. FIND allows search and download of a wide range of spatially-referenced datasets created by the Australian and State and Territory governments.
FSDF	Foundation Spatial Data Framework
FTC	Feature Type Catalogue