vocabulary: 1.0.0
info:
  provider: Amazon DynamoDB
  description: Unified vocabulary and taxonomy for Amazon DynamoDB APIs covering operational and capability dimensions.
  created: '2026-04-19'
  modified: '2026-04-19'
operational:
  apis:
  - name: Amazon DynamoDB API
    namespace: dynamodb
    version: '2024'
    status: active
  resources:
  - name: '#BatchGetItem'
    description: '#BatchGetItem resources'
  - name: '#UpdateTable'
    description: '#UpdateTable resources'
  - name: '#DeleteTable'
    description: '#DeleteTable resources'
  - name: '#Query'
    description: '#Query resources'
  - name: '#PutItem'
    description: '#PutItem resources'
  - name: '#ListTables'
    description: '#ListTables resources'
  - name: '#DescribeTable'
    description: '#DescribeTable resources'
  - name: '#GetItem'
    description: '#GetItem resources'
  - name: '#TransactGetItems'
    description: '#TransactGetItems resources'
  - name: '#BatchWriteItem'
    description: '#BatchWriteItem resources'
  - name: '#DeleteItem'
    description: '#DeleteItem resources'
  - name: '#Scan'
    description: '#Scan resources'
  - name: '#UpdateItem'
    description: '#UpdateItem resources'
  - name: '#TransactWriteItems'
    description: '#TransactWriteItems resources'
  actions:
  - name: create
    pattern: write
  - name: put
    pattern: write
  - name: describe
    pattern: read
  - name: scan
    pattern: write
  - name: transact
    pattern: write
  - name: query
    pattern: write
  - name: batch
    pattern: write
  - name: delete
    pattern: write
  - name: list
    pattern: read
  - name: get
    pattern: read
  - name: update
    pattern: write
  schemas:
    core:
    - name: AttributeValue
      description: >-
        Represents the data for an attribute. Each attribute value is
        described as a name-value pair with the data type as the name.
    - name: KeySchemaElement
      description: Represents a single element of a key schema
    - name: AttributeDefinition
      description: Represents an attribute for describing the schema for a table or index
    - name: ProvisionedThroughput
      description: Represents the provisioned throughput settings for a table or index
    - name: ProvisionedThroughputDescription
      description: Describes the provisioned throughput settings for a table or index
    - name: GlobalSecondaryIndex
      description: Represents the properties of a global secondary index
    - name: LocalSecondaryIndex
      description: Represents the properties of a local secondary index
    - name: Projection
      description: Represents attributes that are copied from the table into an index
    - name: TableDescription
      description: Represents the properties of a DynamoDB table
    - name: CreateTableInput
      description: CreateTableInput schema
    - name: CreateTableOutput
      description: CreateTableOutput schema
    - name: DescribeTableOutput
      description: DescribeTableOutput schema
    - name: UpdateTableInput
      description: UpdateTableInput schema
    - name: PutItemInput
      description: PutItemInput schema
    - name: PutItemOutput
      description: PutItemOutput schema
    - name: GetItemInput
      description: GetItemInput schema
    - name: GetItemOutput
      description: GetItemOutput schema
    - name: UpdateItemInput
      description: UpdateItemInput schema
    - name: UpdateItemOutput
      description: UpdateItemOutput schema
    - name: DeleteItemInput
      description: DeleteItemInput schema
  authentication:
    schemes:
    - AWS Signature Version 4
    description: All API requests use AWS Signature Version 4 for authentication.
capability:
  workflows:
  - name: NoSQL Database Operations
    file: capabilities/dynamodb-management.yaml
    description: Workflow capability for NoSQL Database Operations.
  personas:
  - id: cloud-engineer
    name: Cloud Engineer
    description: Engineers managing Amazon DynamoDB resources on AWS.
    workflows:
    - NoSQL Database Operations
  domains:
  - name: NoSQL Database Operations
    description: NoSQL Database Operations business domain for Amazon DynamoDB.
crossReference:
- resource: '#BatchGetItem'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#UpdateTable'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#DeleteTable'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#Query'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#PutItem'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#ListTables'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#DescribeTable'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#GetItem'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#TransactGetItems'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#BatchWriteItem'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#DeleteItem'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#Scan'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#UpdateItem'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#TransactWriteItems'
  workflows:
  - NoSQL Database Operations
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer