Glossary
Overview
A glossary of phrases used in this documentation and what they mean.
Glossary
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
API | A collection of conceptual services for performing tasks with domain model objects. |
Domain Model | Conceptual objects (with implementations) that represent the information meta-model used by this service. In this case it is based on RF2 and includes things like Concepts, Descriptions, and Relationships. |
Extension Point | A functional abstraction (interface) that can be implemented and configured through the config.properties file. Each extension point is associated with a particular interface and configuration "key" that is the basis of indicating and configuring installed handlers. |
Internal Service API | A collection of java-based services that must be accessed from within an actual Java application. |
REST Service APIs | A REST implementation of functionality based on the internal service APIs. In a sense, you can consider the REST services to be the primary application of the internal service APIs (with the admin tools being the other). |
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