| ACL | Access Control List. This is a list of entries in the Access Control cluster that grant access privileges to device and groups |
| adoc | The filename suffix for asciidoc, which is the markup language we use to write the specification and test plans. asciidoc |
| Alliance | Refers to the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) |
| asciidoc | Markup language we use to write the specification and test plans. asciidoc |
| Causeway | Site used to store documents and calendars and track group memberships etc. https://groups.csa-iot.org/ |
| CASE | Certificate Authenticated Session Establishment. This is the session establishment mechanism used during normal Matter operations |
| CD | Certification Declaration - this declaration is provided by devices to prove they have passed certification |
| CHIP | Matter used to be called Project CHIP (Connected Home over IP) before it got its current name. Much of the SDK still uses that prefix. |
| CSA | Connectivity Standards Alliance - the member-driven organization that manages the Matter standard |
| CSG | Certification Sub Group CSG |
| DAC | Device Attestation Certificates. See Attestation |
| DM | Data Model. The data model describes the organization of data within a cluster. DM is sometimes also used to refer to the DMTT. |
| DMTT | Data Model Tiger Team. |
| DNS-SD | Domain name service (DNS) service discovery. This is the mechanism used to locate Matter devices on the IP network |
| DRLC | Demand Response Load Control |
| EVSE | Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment |
| ICAC | Intermediate Certificate Authority Certificate See Operational Credentials |
| ICD | Intermittently Connected Devices. These device can sleep for relatively long periods and will be unreachable over Matter during these times. |
| mDNS | Multicast DNS - the mechanism used to perform DNS-SD over Wi-Fi |
| MPSG | Marketing and Product Sub Group MPSG |
| NOC | Node operational certificate. See Operational Credentials |
| NOSCR | Node Operational Certificate Signing Request. See Attestation |
| PAA | Product Attestation Authority. Root certificate for device attestation. See Attestation |
| PAI | Product attestation intermediate - Intermediate certificate for device attestation. See Attestation |
| PASE | Password Authenticated Session Establishment. This is the session establishment mechanism used to commission devices. |
| PICS | Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement. PICS are also used to determine testing requirements for certification |
| PID | Product identifier |
| PIXIT | Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing. These are configuration values provided to certification tests. |
| RCAC | Root Certificate Authority Certificate. See Operational Credentials |
| SDK | Software development kit - a software package implementing the specification [github] (https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip) |
| spec | Short for specification. [github] (https://github.com/CHIP-Specifications/connectedhomeip-spec) |
| SRP | Service Registration Protocol. This is the mechanism used to register thread devices for DNS-SD. Border routers implement this protocol to allow Thread device discovery. |
| SVE | Specification Validation Event - this follows the test events and acts as the final check on the certification package for a release. |
| SWTT | Software development tiger team. This is the group of people working on the SDK. |
| TE | Test Event. These events are held during development to verify that test scripts and SDK development are on track. |
| TSG | Technical Sub Group TSG |
| TT | Tiger team - a small group focused on one activity or feature. |
| VID | Vendor identifier |
| WG | Work Group. Matter is a working group in the CSA. |