GitCover Symbol GCBoKGitCover Body of Knowledge

Glossary

This glossary defines the acronyms and technical terms used in GCBoK. It follows the BoK convention (cf. PMBOK, SWEBOK, DMBOK): alphabetical index with cross-references to the respective axes.

A

Acronym Term Explanation See
AO Abgabenordnung (Fiscal Code) Federal tax code; basis for non-profit status determinations (§ 60a AO). Axis 7: Governance
AFJD Axel Franz Johann Druschel Natural person, registrant of GitCover Commons gUG; permanent holder of all protective rights. Axis 7: Governance
Apache 2.0 Apache License Version 2.0 OSS license with patent clause (Patent Grant + Patent Retaliation); GitCover publishes code under this license. Licenses & Notices

B

Acronym Term Explanation See
BFF Backend-for-Frontend Architecture pattern: Blazor WASM client communicates with APIs via a server-side BFF. Axis 3: Components
BSFZ Federal Office for Information Security / Research Allowance Evaluation body for research projects under § 6 FZulG (Research Tax Allowance Act). Axis 10: Research
BSI Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (Federal Office for Information Security) Federal authority for cybersecurity; publisher of the IT-Grundschutz Compendium (BSI GS++). Axis 1: Fundamentals
BSIG BSI Act Act on the Federal Office for Information Security; § 8a BSIG defines KRITIS operators. Axis 1: Fundamentals

C

Acronym Term Explanation See
CC Creative Commons License family for open content; GCBoK targets CC BY-SA 4.0. Axis 7: Governance
CDN Content Delivery Network Distributed cache network for static assets (CSS, JS, fonts). Axis 3: Components
CNCF Cloud Native Computing Foundation Linux Foundation project; standardization body for cloud-native infrastructure. Axis 1: Fundamentals
CRM Customer Relationship Management Customer relationship management; not part of the GitCover context. —

D

Acronym Term Explanation See
DATEV Datenverarbeitungs- und Telekommunikationsgesellschaft Software ecosystem for tax consultants and accounting in Germany. Axis 5: Procedures
DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center) Funding organization for research; evaluation of FZulG projects. Axis 10: Research
DMBOK Data Management Body of Knowledge BoK of DAMA International for data management; reference for GCBoK structure. Axis 1: Fundamentals
DPMA Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trademark Office) Federal authority for patents, utility models, and trademarks. Axis 9: Protective Rights
DSGVO Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (General Data Protection Regulation / GDPR) EU Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of personal data. Axis 1: Fundamentals
Dual-Licensing Dual Licensing OSS code under Apache 2.0 (free of charge), process patents under commercial license via AD Assets UG (commercial, for a fee). Licenses & Notices

E

Acronym Term Explanation See
ENISA European Union Agency for Cybersecurity EU agency for cybersecurity; partner of BSI. Axis 1: Fundamentals
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning Enterprise software for resource planning; example of a vertical specialized application. Axis 1: Fundamentals
EU European Union Political and economic union of European states; legal framework for NIS2, GDPR. Axis 1: Fundamentals

F

Acronym Term Explanation See
FQN Fully Qualified Name Fully qualified path; in the GCBoK context: identical mount points on workstation and AI server for consistent path addressing. Axis 5: Procedures
FZulG Forschungszulagengesetz (Research Tax Allowance Act) Federal law for tax promotion of research and development (§ 6 FZulG). Axis 10: Research

G

Acronym Term Explanation See
GCAL GitCover Advisory Lock Distributed lock mechanism between Git repos at the repo level; prerequisite for GCEP. Axis 3: Components
GCC GitCover Commons gUG Non-profit entrepreneurial company (limited liability); operator of GCBoK. Axis 7: Governance
GCDMS GitCover Document Management System Document management component; audit-proof evidence archiving in Git repositories. Axis 3: Components
GCEP GitCover Exchange Protocol Instance-to-instance exchange protocol between Git repos; semantically determined by OSCAL catalogs and OPA hooks. IETF track planned. Axis 3: Components
GCPN GitCover PrimaNota Metadata mechanism for forming audit-proof evidence chains (predecessor/successor) for business documents; UUIDv7-based, non-chronological chaining, GoBD Rz. 80. Utility model 20 2026 000 272.7. Axis 3: Components
GCSYNC GitCover Sync Synchronization component; Git sync between repositories and external systems. Axis 3: Components
GCUCB GitCover Unified Communication Bus Shared-memory-based context bus with deterministic V7GUID addressing; central data hub between AI agents, OPA validators, and audit systems. Axis 3: Components
GoBD Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger DV-gestützter Buchhaltungssysteme (Principles of proper computerized accounting systems) Administrative guideline of the BMF for electronic accounting; Rz. 151-157. Axis 1: Fundamentals
GPG GNU Privacy Guard Free implementation of OpenPGP; signing of Git commits and evidence. Axis 4: Techniques

I

Acronym Term Explanation See
IAM Identity and Access Management Identity and access management; Git repositories as SSOT for IAM. Axis 3: Components
ICLR International Conference on Learning Representations ML conference; reference for AgentTaxo paper (multi-agent token overhead). Axis 10: Research
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission International standardization organization; together with ISO for ISO/IEC 24773 (BoK structure). Axis 1: Fundamentals
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force Standardization body for internet protocols; IETF track planned for GCEP. Axis 3: Components
IP Intellectual Property Intellectual property; in the GCBoK context: IP usage rights strategy for OSS. Axis 9: Protective Rights
ISMS Information Security Management System Management system for information security; target audience of GCBoK. Axis 1: Fundamentals
ISO International Organization for Standardization International standardization organization; ISO 27001, ISO/IEC 24773. Axis 1: Fundamentals

K

Acronym Term Explanation See
KI Künstliche Intelligenz (Artificial Intelligence) German abbreviation for AI; in the GCBoK context: AI agents, guard-rails. Axis 3: Components
KMU Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (Small and Medium Enterprises / SME) Target audience of GCBoK; onboarding procedure for SMEs. Axis 5: Procedures

L

Acronym Term Explanation See
LLM Large Language Model Large language model; in the GCBoK context: typed bus for LLM result quality. Axis 10: Research

M

Acronym Term Explanation See
MCP Model Context Protocol Protocol for LLM tool integration; in the GCSYNC context: outbound interface. Axis 3: Components

N

Acronym Term Explanation See
Nextcloud Nextcloud Open-source file-sharing platform; in the GCBoK context only suitable as a read-only share frontend for Git-hosted documents. Axis 5: Procedures
NIS2 Network and Information Security Directive 2 EU Directive 2022/2555; risk management and reporting obligations for critical infrastructures. Axis 1: Fundamentals
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology US federal authority; NIST 800-53 as control definition for OSCAL catalogs. Axis 4: Techniques
NPO Non-Profit Organization Non-profit organization; delineation GCBoK (knowledge work) vs. GCC (NPO). Axis 1: Fundamentals

O

Acronym Term Explanation See
OIDC OpenID Connect Authentication protocol on OAuth 2.0; in the GCBoK context: claims-based tenant isolation and access control. Axis 5: Procedures
OPA Open Policy Agent Policy-as-Code engine; Rego rules as pre-receive hooks in Git. Axis 4: Techniques
OSCAL Open Security Controls Assessment Language NIST standard for machine-readable security controls; three layers: Catalogs, Profiles, Assessments. Axis 4: Techniques
OSS Open Source Software Freely available software; GitCover is OSS-first. Axis 1: Fundamentals
OSSH Odysseus SSH Script Host Mechanism for controlled SSH-based access of an AI container to host toolchain (compiler, Git, .NET SDK); stream-based, without file transfer. Axis 5: Procedures
OWUI Open WebUI Browser-based AI web interface; in the GCBoK context as recommended client layer for SME users (WebUI-first approach). Axis 1: Fundamentals

P

Acronym Term Explanation See
PGP Pretty Good Privacy Cryptographic method; decentralized identity proofs (PGP identities). Axis 1: Fundamentals
PII Personally Identifiable Information Personal data; addressed in V7GUID structure. Axis 2: Concepts
PMBOK Project Management Body of Knowledge BoK of PMI; reference for GCBoK structure. Axis 1: Fundamentals
POA&M Plan of Action and Milestones Action plan in the OSCAL Assessment layer. Axis 3: Components
PWA Progressive Web App Web application with native-app-like user experience; in the GCBoK context: client access for SME users. Axis 1: Fundamentals

R

Acronym Term Explanation See
RAG Retrieval-Augmented Generation AI architecture pattern; in the GCSYNC context as outbound interface. Axis 3: Components
RFC Request for Comments IETF standardization process; RFC 4122 defines UUID. Axis 2: Concepts

S

Acronym Term Explanation See
SHA Secure Hash Algorithm Cryptographic hash function; SHA-256 for Git commit hashes and evidence chaining. Axis 2: Concepts
SPDX Software Package Data Exchange Standard for license identifiers; Apache-2.0, CC-BY-SA-4.0 etc. Licenses & Notices
SSH Secure Shell Protocol for encrypted network connections; SSH signatures in Git. Axis 4: Techniques
SSOT Single Source of Truth Principle: one canonical data store; Git repositories as SSOT for IAM. Axis 3: Components
SWEBOK Software Engineering Body of Knowledge BoK of IEEE Computer Society; reference for GCBoK structure. Axis 1: Fundamentals

T

Acronym Term Explanation See
TLS Transport Layer Security Encryption protocol; TLS 1.2/1.3 for HTTPS. Axis 7: Governance
TMG Telemediengesetz (Telemedia Act) Federal law for telemedia services; § 5 TMG (imprint obligation). Axis 7: Governance
TOP TOp-level .gitcover Repository GitCover repository for Tenant-/Doc-/Class-/Action-Dictionaries; definition of V7GUID vectors. Axis 2: Concepts

U

Acronym Term Explanation See
UUID Universally Unique Identifier 128-bit identifier; RFC 4122; Version 7 (time-based) as basis for V7GUID. Axis 2: Concepts

V

Acronym Term Explanation See
V7GUID Version-7 GUID (Categorized UUIDv7) GitCover classification scheme based on UUIDv7; 14-bit class identifier + deterministic vectors. Axis 2: Concepts
VPRM Verifiable Process Reward Model OPA/Rego as a verifiable process reward model; guardrails for AI agents. Axis 4: Techniques

W

Acronym Term Explanation See
WASM WebAssembly Binary format for browser-based execution; Blazor WASM as frontend technology. Axis 3: Components
WCAG Web Content Accessibility Guidelines W3C standard for accessibility; WCAG 2.1 AA as target. Axis 1: Fundamentals
WebDAV Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning HTTP extension for file access via the web; in the GCBoK context: mount interface for Git repos in share frontends. Axis 5: Procedures

X

Acronym Term Explanation See
XRechnung XML-based invoice format EU Directive 2014/55/EU; standard for electronic invoices in the public sector. Axis 5: Procedures