Catalog of terms
- Person
physical person in the system, could be etudiant, enseignant, collabourateur, contact (partner university, enterprise ...), expert (projects, juries ...)
- Person domains
over time a person can have multiple roles at the EPFL each with different details(email, address ...)
- examples, private, student, teacher
- Sciper
unique identifier of any person known to the EPFL
- Periode
academic (years, semesters)
- examples: 2018-2019, BA1, Eté
- Unité
organizational (schools faculties) and academic (sections, programmes)
- examples: MA, SV, ENAC, CDL
- GPS
defines the role of one or more people during a specified period and for a specified organization
- examples: academic sessions, bourses, prizes, accords
- Inscription
the registration of a person to a GPS
- examples: students, professors
- Detail GPS
dynamic attribute of an inscription (student, professor ...)
- examples: Debutant, immatriculation date ...
- Etudiant
a person with an inscription to an academic session (GPS)
- examples: bachelor/master, doctorant, exchange
- Enseignant
a person with an inscription to an enseignement GPS
- examples: professor, assistant
- Enterprise
an external organization
- examples: universities/schools, companies offering stages
- Matiere
subject, course and course block titles
- examples: Analyse I, Computer security, Material & Technologies
- Plan
plan of courses and exams (Matieres), linked to an academic session (GPS)
- example: study plan for Architecture 2016-2017, BA1
- Item Plan
an element on a plan representing a course (or block) (matiere)
- Ligne Item Plan
a sub element of an item plan representing a class
- example: Lecture, practical, tutorial
- Course
an academic course, a combination of matiere, item plans, teachers. Appears on a plan, has a related timetable and has a related description (course book)
- Espace
a classroom
- Lieu
a geographic location, towns, countries et al. Component of address
- examples: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, Europe
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