Include the Glossary

README.md

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 In general the deveopers of the various application packages were choosing names for thir software named after bird names, and the entire collection of the software packages are called **birdhouse**. The entire collection of various application packages, utilities and tools are deveoped within various projects and frames and are represeting different stages of maturity. Since this source of application packages are under constant impovement, a variety of generations of standards is present. 
 
-Currently there are application packages following the older **Web Processing Services (WPS)** in the python realisation with [PyWPS](https://pywps.org/). 
+Currently there are application packages following the older <glossary:Web Processing Service (WPS)> in the python realisation with [PyWPS](https://pywps.org/). 
 Newer realistaions are based on **OGC-API Processes** in the realisetion of 
 [pygeoapi](https://pygeoapi.io/). 
 

docs/glossary.md

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+# Glossary
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+
+glossary:Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
+:   The *Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)* is an international voluntary consensus standards organization, originated in 1994. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Geospatial_Consortium>, <http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wps>
+
+glossary:Web Processing Service (WPS)
+:   WPS is an open standard to search and run processes with a simple web-based interface. 
+
+glossary:Web Mapping Service (WMS)
+:   A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Map_Service>
+
+glossary:Catalog Service (CSW)
+:   *Catalog Service for the Web (CSW)*, sometimes seen as Catalog Service - Web, is a standard for exposing a catalogue of geospatial records in XML on the Internet (over HTTP). The catalogue is made up of records that describe geospatial data (e.g. KML), geospatial services (e.g. WMS), and related resources. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalog_Service_for_the_Web>
+
+glossary:XML-RPC
+:   It\'s a spec and a set of implementations that allow software
+    running on disparate operating systems, running in different
+    environments to make procedure calls over the Internet.
+    <http://xmlrpc.scripting.com/default.html>
+
+glossary:WSGI
+:   WSGI is an interface specification by which server and application
+    communicate. <http://wsgi.tutorial.codepoint.net/>
+
+glossary:Gunicorn
+:   Gunicorn *Green Unicorn* is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.
+    <http://gunicorn.org/>
+
+glossary:Nginx
+:   nginx \[engine x\] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server.
+    <http://nginx.org/>
+
+glossary:Supervisor
+:   Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to
+    monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating
+    systems. <http://supervisord.org/>
+
+glossary:Buildout
+:   *Buildout* is a Python-based build system for creating, assembling
+    and deploying applications from multiple parts, some of which may be
+    non-Python-based. It lets you create a buildout configuration and
+    reproduce the same software later.
+    <http://www.buildout.org/en/latest/>
+
+glossary:PyWPS
+:   *Python Web Processing Service* is an implementation of the
+    `Web processing Service`{.interpreted-text role="term"} standard
+    from `Open Geospatial Consortium`{.interpreted-text role="term"}.
+    <http://pywps.org/>
+
+glossary:COWS
+:   The COWS Web Processing Service (WPS) is a *generic* web service and offline processing tool developed within the Centre for Environmental Data Archival (CEDA) <http://cows.ceda.ac.uk/cows_wps.html>
+
+glossary:Anaconda
+:   Anaconda Python distribution Python distribution for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, and scientific computing. <https://www.continuum.io/>
+
+glossary:Conda
+:   The *conda* command is the primary interface for managing Anaconda
+    installations. <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/index.html>
+
+glossary:Binstar Anaconda Server
+:   Anaconda cloud Binstar is a service that allows you to create and manage public and private `Anaconda`{.interpreted-text role="term"} package repositories. <https://anaconda.org/> <https://docs.continuum.io/>
+
+glossary:Docker
+:   *Docker* - An open platform for distributed applications for
+    developers and sysadmins. <https://www.docker.com/>
+
+glossary:Docker Hub
+:   Docker Hub manages the lifecycle of distributed apps with cloud
+    services for building and sharing containers and automating
+    workflows. <https://hub.docker.com/>
+
+glossary:GeoPython
+:   GitHub organisation of Python projects related to geospatial.
+    <https://geopython.github.io/>
+
+glossary:OWSLib
+:   OWSLib is a Python package for client programming with
+    `Open Geospatial Consortium`{.interpreted-text role="term"} web
+    service interface standards, and their related content models.
+    OWSLib has `WPS`{.interpreted-text role="term"} client library which
+    is used in Birdhouse to access WPS services.
+    <http://geopython.github.io/OWSLib/>,
+    <http://geopython.github.io/OWSLib/#wps>
+
+glossary:PyCSW
+:   pycsw is an `OGC`{.interpreted-text role="term"} CSW server
+    implementation written in Python. Started in 2010 (more formally
+    announced in 2011), pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of
+    geospatial metadata, providing a standards-based metadata and
+    catalogue component of spatial data infrastructures.
+    <http://pycsw.org/>, <https://github.com/geopython/pycsw>
+
+glossary:ESGF
+:   Earth System Grid Federation An open source effort providing a robust, distributed data and computation platform, enabling world wide access to Peta/Exa-scale scientific data. <http://esgf.llnl.gov/>
+
+glossary:OpenID
+:   OpenID (OID) is an open standard and decentralized protocol by the
+    non-profit OpenID Foundation that allows users to be authenticated
+    by certain co-operating sites (known as Relying Parties or RP) using
+    a third party service. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID>,
+    <http://openid.net/>
+
+glossary:Pyramid
+:   Pyramid is a Python web framework. <http://www.pylonsproject.org/>
+
+glossary:Bokeh
+:   Bokeh is a Python interactive visualization library that targets
+    modern web browsers for presentation. Its goal is to provide
+    elegant, concise construction of novel graphics in the style of
+    D3.js, but also deliver this capability with high-performance
+    interactivity over very large or streaming datasets.
+    <http://bokeh.pydata.org/en/latest/>
+
+glossary:CMIP5
+:   In climatology, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) is
+    a framework and the analog of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison
+    Project (AMIP) for global coupled ocean-atmosphere general
+    circulation models.
+    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupled_model_intercomparison_project>
+
+glossary:CORDEX
+:   The CORDEX vision is to advance and coordinate the science and
+    application of regional climate downscaling through global
+    partnerships. <http://www.cordex.org/>
+
+glossary:x509
+:   In cryptography, X.509 is an ITU-T standard for a public key
+    infrastructure (PKI) and Privilege Management Infrastructure (PMI).
+    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509>
+
+glossary:NetCDF
+:   NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) is a set of software libraries and
+    self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the
+    creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.
+    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDF>
+
+glossary:Workflow Management System
+:   A workflow management system (WfMS) is a software system for the set-up, performance and monitoring of a defined sequence of tasks, arranged as a workflow. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workflow_management_system>
+
+glossary:PyPi
+:   Python Package Index The Python Package Index is a repository of software for the Python programming language. <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>
+
+glossary:Homebrew
+:   The missing package manager for OS X. <http://brew.sh/>
+
+glossary:Linuxbrew
+:   Linuxbrew is a fork of Homebrew, the Mac OS package manager, for
+    Linux. <http://brew.sh/linuxbrew/>
+
+glossary:GitHub
+:   GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service. <https://github.com/> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub>
+
+glossary:Phoenix
+
+:   Pyramid *Phoenix* is a web-application build with the Python
+    web-framework pyramid. Phoenix has a user interface to make it
+    easier to interact with
+    `Web Processing Services <wps>`{.interpreted-text role="term"}.
+    <http://pyramid-phoenix.readthedocs.io/en/latest>
+
+glossary:Malleefowl
+
+:   *Malleefowl* is a Python package to simplify the usage of
+    `Web Processing Services <wps>`{.interpreted-text role="term"}.
+    <http://malleefowl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
+
+glossary:Emu
+
+:   *Emu* is a Python package with some test proccess for
+    `Web Processing Services <wps>`{.interpreted-text role="term"}.
+    <http://emu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
+
+glossary:CDO Climate Data Operators
+:   *CDO* is a collection of command line Operators to manipulate and analyse Climate and NWP model Data. <https://code.zmaw.de/projects/cdo>
+
+glossary:ocgis OpenClimateGIS
+:   *OpenClimateGIS* (OCGIS) is a Python package designed for geospatial manipulation, subsetting, computation, and translation of climate datasets stored in local `NetCDF`{.interpreted-text role="term"} files or files served through `THREDDS`{.interpreted-text role="term"} data servers. <https://www.earthsystemcog.org/projects/openclimategis/>
+<https://github.com/NCPP/ocgis>
+
+glossary:ICCLIM 
+:   Indice Calculation CLIMate *ICCLIM* (Indice Calculation CLIMate) is a Python library for computing a number of `climate indices <climate indice>`{.interpreted-text role="term"}. <http://icclim.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
+
+glossary:climate indice
+
+:   A climate index is a calculated value that can be used to describe
+    the state and the changes in the climate system.
+    <http://icclim.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#climate-indices-label>
+
+glossary:TDS THREDDS 
+:   The THREDDS Data Server (TDS) is a web server that provides metadata and data access for scientific datasets, using a variety of remote data access protocols. <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/>
+
+glossary:cfchecker
+
+:   The NetCDF Climate Forcast Conventions compliance checker.
+    <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cfchecker>
+
+glossary:Taverna
+
+:   *Taverna* is an open source and domain-independent Workflow
+    Management System -- a suite of tools used to design and execute
+    scientific workflows. <http://www.taverna.org.uk/>
+
+glossary:VisTrails
+
+:   *VisTrails* is an open-source scientific workflow and provenance
+    management system that supports data exploration and visualization.
+    <http://www.vistrails.org/index.php/Main_Page>
+
+glossary:Dispel4py
+
+:   *Dispel4Py* is a Python library for describing abstract workflows
+    for distributed data-intensive applications.
+    <http://www2.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~amrey/VERCE/Dispel4Py/index.html>
+
+glossary:RestFlow
+
+:   *RestFlow* is a dataflow programming language and runtime engine
+    designed to make it easy for scientists to build and execute
+    computational pipelines.
+    <https://github.com/restflow-org/restflow/wiki>
+
+glossary:GeoServer
+
+:   GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that
+    allows users to share and edit geospatial data.
+    <http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/index.html>

environment.yml

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 - pandoc
 # docs
 - mkdocs-material
+# plugins
 - mkdocs-bibtex
+- pip: 
+  - mkdocs-ezglossary-plugin

mkdocs.yml

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   - Services and Initiatives: initiatives.md
   - Tutorials: tutorials.md
   - Release Notes: release_notes.md
-  - Further Reading: publications.md 
+  - Further Reading: publications.md
+  - Glossary: glossary.md 
   - References: references.md
 theme:
   name: material
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       csl_file: "nature.csl"
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 markdown_extensions:
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