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      Glossary of Terms

      Understand our lingo... the terms, acronyms and words you should know.

      Glossary of key terms used in the industy and at Atom. 

       

      API

       

      Term

      		 Definition
      API  Application Programming Interface 

      Application

      ATDW-Online the software application used to create and manage ATDW listings.

      BI

      Business Intelligence, gleamed from data and statistics. 
      Content  

      Contribution API (CAPI)

      Contribution Application Programming Interface, used for bulk import and creation or update of profiles from external sources. 
      Distributor  
      Profile  
         
      RTO / RTB  
      STO State Tourism Organisations including:
      • Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ);
      • Destination New South Wales (DNSW);
      • Visit Canberra (VC);
      • Visit Victoria (VVIC);
      • Tourism Tasmania (TTAS);
      • South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC);
      • Tourism Western Australia (TWA); and
      • Tourism Northern Territory (TNT). 
      Supplier Users including product operators, Local or Regional Tourism Organisations and external content providers who use the ATDW platform to create and manage tourism product profiles(s) and organisation and user account(s). 

      QA

      Quality Assurance

      RTO

      Regional Tourism Organisation

      VIC

      Visitor Information Centre

      IND

      Industry Organisation

      User

      An individual or user account that has been provided access to use the system under an organisation’s profile.

       

      Industry Organisations

      Term

      		 Definition
      ART  
      ATEC  
      ATIC  
      TA Tourism Australia
      SATC South Australian Tourism Commission
      DNSW Destination New South Wales