name: Refinitiv Vocabulary
description: >-
  Normative vocabulary for the Refinitiv (LSEG) financial data platform
  ecosystem covering APIs, financial data concepts, compliance terminology,
  and identifier systems.
version: '1.0'
modified: '2026-05-02'
source: https://developers.lseg.com
terms:
  - term: Refinitiv Data Platform (RDP)
    definition: >-
      The cloud-enabled central REST API hub for accessing Refinitiv/LSEG
      financial content programmatically. Provides access to historical
      pricing, real-time pricing, news, ESG data, quantitative analytics,
      symbology, and search services at https://api.refinitiv.com.
    tags:
      - Platform
      - Core Concept

  - term: RIC (Reuters Instrument Code)
    definition: >-
      The primary instrument identifier in the Refinitiv ecosystem. Composed
      of a root ticker symbol plus an exchange suffix (e.g., AAPL.O for Apple
      on NASDAQ, IBM.N for IBM on NYSE). RICs are central to nearly all RDP
      pricing and data queries.
    tags:
      - Identifier

  - term: PermID
    definition: >-
      Permanent Identifier — a globally unique, persistent machine-readable
      identifier assigned by LSEG to organizations, instruments, quotes,
      and economic indicators. PermIDs are open, freely available, and
      stable across corporate actions.
    tags:
      - Identifier
      - Open Data

  - term: World-Check
    definition: >-
      LSEG World-Check — a comprehensive risk intelligence database used
      for screening entities against sanctions lists, politically exposed
      persons (PEPs), adverse media, and global regulatory watchlists.
      Core to KYC, AML, and third-party due diligence workflows.
    tags:
      - Compliance
      - Risk Management

  - term: DataScope Select
    definition: >-
      An OData REST API platform for batch extraction of global financial
      data including end-of-day pricing, corporate actions, reference data,
      historical data, cross-reference data, and entity data. Supports
      both on-demand and scheduled extraction workflows.
    tags:
      - Data Platform
      - Bulk Data

  - term: Intelligent Tagging
    definition: >-
      A Refinitiv API service (calais.refinitiv.com) that applies machine
      learning-based NLP to extract and tag financial entities, topics,
      events, and relationships from unstructured text. Returns PermIDs
      for identified organizations, people, and instruments.
    tags:
      - NLP
      - Text Analytics

  - term: Tick History
    definition: >-
      A historical tick-level market data service providing time-and-sales,
      intraday bars, market depth, and order book data across global markets.
      Accessed via the TRTH REST API built on the DataScope Select platform.
    tags:
      - Market Data
      - Historical Data

  - term: ESG Combined Score
    definition: >-
      A Refinitiv score (0-100) that blends the company's ESG Score with
      its Controversies Score to produce a comprehensive sustainability
      rating that reflects both proactive ESG performance and adverse
      ESG incidents.
    tags:
      - ESG
      - Sustainability

  - term: KYC (Know Your Customer)
    definition: >-
      A regulatory compliance process requiring financial institutions to
      verify the identity, suitability, and risk of clients. Refinitiv
      World-Check and PermID support KYC by enabling entity identification
      and risk screening against global databases.
    tags:
      - Compliance
      - Regulatory

  - term: AML (Anti-Money Laundering)
    definition: >-
      A set of laws, regulations, and procedures intended to prevent the
      practice of generating income through illegal activities. Refinitiv
      World-Check screening helps identify high-risk entities and
      sanctions violations in AML workflows.
    tags:
      - Compliance
      - Regulatory

  - term: Ongoing Monitoring
    definition: >-
      A World-Check feature that continuously watches screened entities
      for new matches as the World-Check database updates. Entities placed
      on a watchlist receive automatic notifications when their risk profile
      changes.
    tags:
      - World-Check
      - Compliance

  - term: HMAC Authentication
    definition: >-
      The authentication scheme used by the World-Check One API. Clients
      compute a Hash-based Message Authentication Code using their API Key
      and Secret to sign each request, ensuring message integrity and
      authenticity.
    tags:
      - Authentication
      - Security

  - term: Screening Case
    definition: >-
      A World-Check record representing a single screening event for an
      entity. Cases track the screening lifecycle from initial screening
      through result review and resolution, with full audit trail.
    tags:
      - World-Check
      - Compliance

  - term: PEP (Politically Exposed Person)
    definition: >-
      An individual who holds or has held a prominent public position and
      may be at higher risk of corruption or financial crime. Refinitiv
      World-Check includes PEP screening as part of its risk intelligence
      database.
    tags:
      - Compliance
      - Risk

  - term: ESG Pillar
    definition: >-
      One of the three main categories of ESG assessment: Environmental
      (resource use, emissions, innovation), Social (workforce, human rights,
      community), and Governance (management, shareholders, CSR). Each pillar
      has a score (0-100) contributing to the overall ESG Score.
    tags:
      - ESG

  - term: Pricing Chain
    definition: >-
      A Refinitiv concept for an instrument that is actually a chain of
      related contracts (e.g., futures chains). The Pricing Chains endpoint
      returns the constituent contracts within a pricing chain for navigation.
    tags:
      - Market Data
      - Derivatives

  - term: OData
    definition: >-
      Open Data Protocol — a RESTful protocol used by DataScope Select for
      querying and manipulating data. Supports $filter, $select, $top,
      and other standard OData query options for structured data extraction.
    tags:
      - Protocol
      - DataScope Select