Glossary
- collection name
- The plural name of a resource. E.g users.
- collection resource
- A resource where several instances of its type can exist and need a
unique ID in the system to be identified.
- marker
- A portion of the URL which will be dynamically matched, declared with
the syntax {marker}.
- member name
- The singular name of a resource. E.g: user.
- named routes
- A defined route in your application that has a unique (within your
routes map) name you can use to refer to.
- nested resource
- A resource that has parents. Like bookmarks in users/2/bookmarks.
- root resource
- A top level resource that does not have a parent.
- singular resource
- A singleton resource within its parent scope (does not need to be
identified by an ID) E.g users/3/profile in case a user has a single profile.