Acronyms pervade both government and technology and reuse is no
exception. Since most of the efforts are better known by their
acronym than their name, I have chosen to use the acronyms in the
body of the paper and explain the names here:
- AIAA
- : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- ALOAF
- : Asset Library Open Architecture Framework
- ARPA
- : (Defense) Advanced Research Projects Agency
- ASSET
- : Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology
- BIDM
- : Basic Interoperability Data Model
- CAD
- : CARDS/ASSET/DSRS
- CARDS
- : Central Archive for Reusable Defense Software
- DSRS
- : Defense Software Repository System
- IEEE
- : Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- LID
- : Library Interoperability Demonstration
- NSRD
- : National Software Reuse Directory
- RIG
- : Reuse Library Interoperability Group
- STARS
- : Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems