I'm familiar with these terms used by ESRI:

Layer

• Stores visual properties (color, symbols,…)
• does not store data (attributes, coordinates)
• links to a Feature Class (or raster data)

Feature Class

• a spatial dataset (attributes, coordinates)
• collections of points, lines, or polygons and their attributes
• no symbols (color, …)
• e.g. stored as shapefile on disk or feature class in a geodatabase

Exist for them terms that can be used for (nearly) all GIS (independent of the manufacturer)?

I think "layer" can be used for all GIS. But "Feature Class"?

I need the terms because I want to describe the functionality of a GIS independently of a manufacturer.

I am familiar with these terms used by Esri:

Layer

• Stores visual properties (color, symbols,…)
• does not store data (attributes, coordinates)
• links to a Feature Class (or raster data)

Feature Class

• a spatial dataset (attributes, coordinates)
• collections of points, lines, or polygons and their attributes
• no symbols (color, …)
• e.g. stored as shapefile on disk or feature class in a geodatabase

Do terms exist for them that can be used for (nearly) all GIS (independent of the manufacturer)?

I think "layer" can be used for all GIS but "Feature Class"?

I need the terms because I want to describe the functionality of a GIS independently of a manufacturer.