Internationally, there is growing emphasis on secondary data analysis, and in some fields this is the major form of knowledge production. However, in developing countries, institutions and individuals tend to keep their data to themselves.
A2K
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Access to Knowledge
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AAS
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African Academy of Sciences
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ABBIF
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Amazon Basin Biodiversity Information Facility
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ABC Proteins
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ATP binding cassette proteins
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ACGT
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African Centre for Gene Technologies
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AIDS
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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ASCII
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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ASSAf
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Academy of Science of South Africa
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AU
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African Union
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CAS
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
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CCIT/CAST
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Consultant Committee on ICT for UN of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology
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CD
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Compact disc
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CDRom
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Compact disc read only memory
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CEDIA
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Consorcio Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo de Internet Avanzado-
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CENTEC
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Instituto Centro de Ensino Tecnológico
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CGEE
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Brazil Center for Strategic Studies and Management
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CH
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Council on Higher Education (South Africa)
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CIESIN
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Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University (USA)
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CODATA
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Committee on Data for Science and Technology
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CODI
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Committee for Development Information
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CoE
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Community of Expertise
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CoGIS
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Collaborative GIS network
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CPU
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Central processing unit (part of a computer system)
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CRIA
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Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental
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CSIR
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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa)
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CSPR
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Committee on Scientific Planning and Review
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CSTnet
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China Science and Technology Network
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CYP
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Cytochrome P-450
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DAAC
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Distributed Active Archive Center
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DDT
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Dichlorodiphenyl trichloromethane
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DEM
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Digital elevation model
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DiGIR
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Distributed Generic Information Retrieval
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DISA
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Data Interchange Standards Association
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DoE
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Department of Education (South Africa)
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DRIVER
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Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research) (EU)
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DVD
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Digital versatile disc (formerly digital video disc)
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e-IFL
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Electronic Information for Libraries
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ELTOSA
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Environmental Long-Term Observatories of Southern Africa
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ERA
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European Research Area
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ESASTAP
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European–South Africa Science and Technology Advancement Programme
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e-SDDC
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Global Alliance for Enhancing Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries
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EU
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European Union
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FAO
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UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
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FP
|
Framework Programme (EU)
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FPI
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Flagship Partnership Initiatives
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FUNDATEL
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Fundacion de Telemedicina
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GBIF
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GEOSS
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Global Earth Observation System of Systems
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GIS
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Geographical Information System
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GLOSS
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Global Ocean Systems
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GPS
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Global Positioning System
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GST
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Glutathione S-transferases
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GTS
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Global Telecommunications System
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HEQC
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Higher Education Quality Committee (South Africa)
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HESA
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Higher Education South Africa
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HIV
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Human immunodeficiency virus
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HSRC
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Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)
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IANAS
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Inter-American Network of Academies of Science)
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IAP
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Inter-Academy Panel
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IBICT
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Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
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ICA
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International Cartographic Association
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ICAM
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Integrated coastal area management
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ICSU
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International Council for Science
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ICT
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Information and communication technology
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IDRC
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International Development Research Centre
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IEC
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Information, Education and Communication
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IIAP
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Instituto de investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
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ILOAR
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Ibero-Latin American Open Access Repositories
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ILTER
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International Long-term Ecological Research
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INPA
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
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IOC
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
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IP
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Intellectual property
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IPR
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Intellectual property rights
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IPY
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International Polar Year
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IRD
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Institut de Recherche Pour Le Développement
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ISC
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Internet Society of China
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IST
|
Information Society Technologies
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JISC
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Joint Information Systems Committee
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KAP
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices
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KNAW
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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LSC
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Law of the Sea Convention
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MAFA
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Mapping Africa for Africa
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MDG
|
Millennium Development Goals
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MIT
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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MoA
|
Memorandum of agreement
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MRC
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Medical Research Council (South Africa)
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NACI
|
National Advisory Council on Innovation
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NADICC
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National Data Information and Curation Centre (South Africa)
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NASAC
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Network of African Science Academies
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NAVIC
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National Virtual Information Centre (South Africa)
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NC
|
National Committee
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NCP
|
National Contact Point
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NEPAD
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New Partnership for Africa’s Development
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NGO
|
Non-governmental organisation
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NISC
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National Inquiry Services Centre (South Africa)
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NODC
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National Oceanographic Data Centre
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NREN
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National research and education network
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NRF
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National Research Foundation (NRF) (South Africa)
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OA
|
Open access
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OCA
|
Open Content Alliance
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OCS
|
Open Conference System
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ODINAfrica
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Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa
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OECD
|
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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OJS
|
Open Journal System
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OSS
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Open source software
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OTCA
|
Organización del Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica
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PAHO
|
Pan American Health Organisation
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PAIGH
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Pan-American Institute for Geography and History
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pdf
|
Portable document format (Adobe Acrobat)
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PhD
|
Doctor of philosophy
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PLoS
|
Public Library of Science
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R&D
|
Research and development
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RedCLARA
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Latin American Network for Science Education and Innovation
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RENATA
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Red Nacional Académica de Alta Tecnologia (Colombia)
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RIPSA
|
Rede Interagencial de Informações para a Saúde
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RNP
|
Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa
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ROA
|
Regional Office for Africa
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S&T
|
Science and technology
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SADA
|
South African Data Archive
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SADC
|
Southern African Development Community
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SAEON
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South African Environmental Observation Network
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SAEOS
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South African Earth Observation System
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SAMI
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South African Malaria Initiative
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SAN
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Storage area network
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SANC
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South African National Committee (for CODATA)
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SAQA
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South African Qualifications Authority
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SARIS
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South African Research Information Service
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SciELO
|
Scientific Electronic Library Online
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SDB
|
Scientific Database
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SERA
|
Southern Education and Research Alliance
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SIB
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Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad de Colombia
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SSA
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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SSA
|
Specific Support Action
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ST-EAP
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Science and Technology – Europe Africa Project
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TBC
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Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences
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TENET
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Tertiary Education Network (South Africa)
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UK
|
United Kingdom
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UML
|
Unified Modelling Language
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UN
|
United Nations
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UN GAID
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United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development
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UN ECA
|
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
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UNESCO
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
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UP
|
University of Pretoria
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URL
|
Uniform Resource Locator (world wide web address)
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US
|
United States
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USA
|
United States of America
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VRE
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Virtual research environments
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VSAT
|
Very Small Aperture Terminal
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WAITRO
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World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organisations
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WAYS
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World Academy of Young Scientists
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WDC
|
World Data Centre
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WHO
|
World Health Organisation
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XML
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eXtensible Markup Language
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