List of abbreviations

Abbreviation	Long form	Definition
(Helmholtz) AAI	(Helmholtz) Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure	“Refers to a service and a procedure that enables members of different institutions to access protected information that is distributed on different web servers” (Source: Wikipedia), for HIFIS context see Helmholtz AAI
HIFIS	Helmholtz Infrastructure for Federated ICT Services	see 2.1 What is HIFIS
ITIL	IT Infrastructure Library	Best Practise Framework for IT Service Management, definition see e.g. ITIL Process Maps Website
KPI	Key Performance Indicator	Used for measuring the performance of e.g. a service
RUA	Resource Usage Agreement	Agreement between service provider and using centre on individual service conditions
VO	Virtual Organization	see Chapter 1.1 of Top Level Infrastructure Policy

Helmholtz Centre abbreviations

Abbreviation	Long form
AWI	Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
CISPA	Helmholtz Center for Information Security
DESY	Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
DKFZ	German Cancer Research Center
DLR	German Aerospace Center
DZNE	German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
GEOMAR	Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
GFZ	Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – German Research Centre for Geosciences
GSI	Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Head Office	Helmholtz Head Office
Hereon	Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
HMGU	Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health
HZB	Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
HZDR	Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
HZI	Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Jülich	Forschungszentrum Jülich
KIT	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
MDC	Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
UFZ	Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research