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Term	Description
sampling feature	a geographic feature arising as an artefact of a sampling strategy in environmental monitoring (e.g., a station, transect, profile)
schema	a formalised description of the physical structure of an information object
SDI	spatial data infrastructure, a coordinated technical and organisational infrastructure supporting data discovery, data access, and use of federated geo-referenced datasets
SDM	Systems Development and Maintenance Section, within the Bureau of Meteorology.
security	the application of technical mechanisms to protect information where necessary from unauthorised access, modification, use, etc.
selection	a filter based on constraining a result set through filter criteria
Selenium	is for automating web applications for testing purposes
semantic web	a globally interlinked graph of data and information based on web protocols and the 'Resource Description Framework' (RDF) W3C standard
sensitivity	property of a monitoring site restricting full and open availability of its site metadata
sensor	a device for measuring a physical parameter
sensor system	a hardware and software system associated with one or more related sensors
sensor web	an interconnected network of sensor systems and data access services
sensorML	Sensor Markup Language is an approved OGC standard for modelling and encoding sensor descriptions, including both static and dynamic platforms, and both in-situ and remote sensors
service	an electronic, network-accessible system providing access to defined operations
service interface	a set of one or more operations provided by a service, logically grouped together
service metadata	metadata describing essential aspects of a service, to facilitate use of the interfaces provided; usually conforming to ISO 19115
service provider	the supplier of a service to be made available for use through the infrastructure
SIGB	SecretariesÕ ICT Governance Board
SIMS	Services Information Management System
SISS	Spatial Information Services Stack
SISSVoc	SISS Vocabulary Service defines a standard interface through which standard vocabularies can be provided to web users
site metadata	metadata describing essential aspects of a monitoring site
site type	the type of a monitoring site within a suitable classification scheme
SKOS	Simple Knowledge Organisation System, a W3C standard for representation of thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, subject-heading systems, or any other type of structured controlled vocabulary
SLIP	Shared Location Information Platform
SoapUI	is an open-source web service testing application for service-oriented architectures (SOA) and representational state transfers (REST). Its functionality covers web service inspection, invoking, development, simulation and mocking, functional testing, load and compliance testing.
solution architecture	an architecture domain concerned with the detailed description of discrete components required for a specific business operation, project, or system
SOS	Sensor Observation Service
spatial analysis	calculation of geospatial relationships (containment, adjacency, overlap, etc.) between geo-referenced information objects
spatial data infrastructure	a coordinated technical and organisational infrastructure supporting data discovery, data access, and use of federated geo-referenced datasets
species taxonomy	a hierarchical classification of biological organisms on the basis of shared properties
SQL	Structured Query Language
SRO	Senior Responsible Officer (within the Prince2 Project/Programme methodology)
standards	agreed technical specifications developed by a standards body for any aspect of an information system; key standards bodies include ISO, OGC, W3C, and OASIS
Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange	an initiative to foster standards for the exchange of statistical information
STDM	Bureau of Meteorology job title for Superintendent Data Management
STEI	Bureau of Meteorology job title for Superintendent Environmental Information
style	a named rendering convention that may be applied to a map layer
system	deployed information technology that provides defined business functions and services
system architecture	see architecture