Glossary

Open-source politics is a political philosophy which advocates the application of the

philosophies of the open source and open content movements to democratic principles

in order to enable any interested citizen to add to the creation of policy, as with a wiki

document.

In recent years, expectations and definitions of open government have changed, now

that information is often freely and readily available via Internet. For example, a US

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request may result in a packet of documents mailed

A disease that, by statutory requirements, must be reported to the public health

authority in the pertinent jurisdiction when a diagnosis is made. A disease deemed of

sufficient importance to public health to require that its occurrence be reported to

health authorities.

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), are not passed from person to person. They

are of long duration and generally slow progression. The four main types of

noncommunicable diseases are cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks and

stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructed

pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes. (1)

(1) WHO: Non-communicable disease

Regularly published internal documents describing information of interest to employees

regarding an array of business and non-business issues affecting them. (1)

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä