Update Glossary authored by Kai van Lopik's avatar Kai van Lopik
...@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This page lists key concepts and terminology related to the PEP system, and prov ...@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This page lists key concepts and terminology related to the PEP system, and prov
| [pseudonymization](Pseudonymization) | | The application of pseudonyms to data, making it difficult or impossible to associate information with a particular person or real-world entity. | | [pseudonymization](Pseudonymization) | | The application of pseudonyms to data, making it difficult or impossible to associate information with a particular person or real-world entity. |
| registration | | The addition of a new row to PEP in such a way that certain cells are initialized with appropriate data. Participants are usually registered using the `pepAssessor` application. | | registration | | The addition of a new row to PEP in such a way that certain cells are initialized with appropriate data. Participants are usually registered using the `pepAssessor` application. |
| role | | Synonym for "access group". | | role | | Synonym for "access group". |
| row | | A data structuring primitive associated with a single entity or data subject. Rows are referred to by their identifiers. | | row | | A data structuring primitive associated with a single entity or data subject. Rows are referred to by their identifiers. The term "participant" is sometimes used as a synonym. |
| [short pseudonym](https://gitlab.pep.cs.ru.nl/pep-public/user-docs/-/wikis/Pseudonymization#short-pseudonyms) | SP | An identifier for a piece of data not stored in PEP. Usually these are non-digital specimens such as biosamples taken during medical research. The identifier is stored in PEP, allowing the external specimen to be associated with the PEP row. | | [short pseudonym](https://gitlab.pep.cs.ru.nl/pep-public/user-docs/-/wikis/Pseudonymization#short-pseudonyms) | SP | An identifier for a piece of data not stored in PEP. Usually these are non-digital specimens such as biosamples taken during medical research. The identifier is stored in PEP, allowing the external specimen to be associated with the PEP row. |
| table | | The conceptual structure of PEP's storage, in which rows refer to data entries (participants or subjects) and columns to different types of data (or separate measurements). | | table | | The conceptual structure of PEP's storage, in which rows refer to data entries (participants or subjects) and columns to different types of data (or separate measurements). |
| upload | | The act of storing data in PEP. | | upload | | The act of storing data in PEP. |
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