Skip to content
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Glossaries and Acronyms

In this area the full 'terminology' sections of key OGC best management practice titles are available to download in PDF and Word format.

Glossaries and Acronyms available:


OGC Common Glossary

ITIL Version 3

  • Brazilian Portuguese Translation
  • Danish Translation
  • English
  • European Spanish Translation
  • French Translation
  • German Translation
  • Hebrew Translation
  • Hungarian Translation
  • Italian Translation
  • Japanese Translation
  • Korean Translation
  • Polish Translation
  • Swedish Translation

ITIL Version 2

  • IT Service Management - English

Project, Programme and Risk Mangement

  • Buying Software - A Best Practice Approach - English
  • Management of Risk: Guidance for Practitioners (MoR) - English
  • Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) - English
  • Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 - English

Crown Copyright Licence for OGC's Published Best Practice Glossaries/Acronyms


To access the OGC glossaries, please read and accept the terms of use below by clicking the 'accept' button at the foot of the page.

1. Definition

1.1 - Material: The Official Glossaries/Acronyms of any OGC Best Practice Publication as published by or on behalf of OGC.

1.2 - You, Your: Anyone reproducing the Material.

1.3 - We: Office of Government Commerce (OGC) of Rosebery Court, St Andrew's Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0HS.

1.4 - Period: The lifetime of the Material.

1.5 - Products: Your products containing the Material.

1.6 - Best Practice Publication: The ITIL / PRINCE2 / M_o_R / Programme Management series of publications as published by or on behalf of OGC.

2. Grant

2.1 - We grant you the non-exclusive right to use, reuse, republish, copy and reproduce the Material in your Products for the Period.

2.2 - The licence is personal to you and does not allow you to download the Material to your website for access by others. You may link to this page from your website to make other users aware of the Material available.

3. Your Obligations

3.1 - to reproduce the Material accurately from the official source.

3.2 - to feature the following notice in your Products:

  • "[insert as appropriate: ITIL / PRINCE2 / M_o_R / Programme Management] Glossaries/Acronyms © Crown Copyright Office of Government Commerce. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office of Government Commerce."

3.3 - to acknowledge OGC's trade marks, by featuring the relevant trade mark acknowledgement statement(s) on the Material from those shown below:

  • "ITIL ® is a Registered Trade Mark, and a Registered Community Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce, and is Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office".
  • "PRINCE ® is a Registered Trade Mark and a Registered Community Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce, and is Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office".
  • "M_o_R ® is a Registered Trade Mark and a Registered Community Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce".

3.4 - not to use the Material for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service, or in a way which could imply endorsement by any government department, or generally in a manner which is likely to mislead others.

3.5 - not to present out-of-date versions of the Material as being current.

 

Important Information

An OGC website managed and published by TSO in partnership with OGC and APMG