Glossary

This page serves as a reference for a collection of terms utilized in the deliverables and technical documentation. Its purpose is to establish a shared understanding, ensuring that terms with ambiguities are employed accurately.

Term	Definition
Data owner	Owner of an datasets or services
Decentralized Identifiers	Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) epresent a novel form of URIs. They serve to reference a subject and facilitate trustworthy interactions related to that subject. To obtain additional information, please refer to the DID standard. https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/
Metadata	Information regarding datasets or services, delineating their content, context, data format and associated rights.
MODERATE Platform	The platform encompasses all cloud services and applications generated by the MODERATE project. Essentially, it is the unified entity that enables the collaboration of the various outputs of the project, including ML models, web applications, and supporting services like Identity and Access Management.
Storage & Analytics Layer	The subset of services within the platform that facilitate the storage of diverse data assets and their efficient processing. These services include, for example, relational databases, object-storage services and workflow orchestration tools.
Analytics	The examination of large datasets using mathematical methods (e.g. statistical methods) and/or machine learning approaches to devise meaningful models of building-related processes.
Tools	The software means (i.e. both the front and back-ends) to allow a user to interact with the models and request to, and obtain services from the MODERATE platform.
Services	The ultimate scope of MODERATE platform, to provide users insight into the building-related processes and let them gain new knowledge and decision-making capacity.
Trust proof	Cryptographic proof employed to verify the authenticity and integrity of an asset and its metadata. This proof is stored on the Tangle to ensure immutability.