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diff --git a/api/GN-REST-API-v2.md b/api/GN-REST-API-v2.md index 1576a74..da0bc06 100644 --- a/api/GN-REST-API-v2.md +++ b/api/GN-REST-API-v2.md @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ We are working on a new REST API that is more consistent. ## Postfix extension -* The API call with .json extension returns a record *without* metadata, i.e., the data version. Example: `api:species/Mus_musculus.json` or, the short form, `api:mouse.json`. This typically represents the API call that people use +* The API call with .json extension returns a record *without* metadata, i.e., the data version. Example of a URI: `api:species/Mus_musculus.json` or, the short form, `api:mouse.json`. This typically represents the API call that people use (see below for some output). -* The API call with .meta.json extension returns the metadata, including a link to the docs and links to dig further into the API. Example: `api:species/Mus_musculus.meta.json`, or the short form, `api:mouse.meta.json` +* The API call with .meta.json extension returns the metadata, including a link to the docs and links to dig further into the API. Example: `api:species/Mus_musculus.meta.json`, or the short form, `api:mouse.meta.json` (see below for output). -* The API call with other extensions may return CSV, TSV etc. Depending on documented implementation details. +* The API call with other extensions may return CSV, TSV etc. Depending on *documented* implementation details. So, for species list in GN we get: @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ We may forward `api:mouse` and `api:species/Mus_musculus` (no extension) to `doc # JSON data -Standard JSON data (the .json postfix) will return a minimal structure that requires the minimum of parsin. Example for `api:mouse.json` can be +Standard JSON data (the .json postfix) will return a minimal structure that requires the minimum amount of work to parse. Example `api:mouse.json` can result in a dictionary of: ```js { @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Standard JSON data (the .json postfix) will return a minimal structure that requ # Metadata -Metadata contains information on a record, but typically not the data that is already served by above JSON record. Example for `api:mouse.meta.json` +Metadata contains further information on a JSON record, but typically not the data that is already served by above JSON record. Example for `api:mouse.meta.json` ``` { |