name: DatoCMS Vocabulary
description: >-
  Shared vocabulary of terms used across DatoCMS Content Management and
  Content Delivery APIs.
terms:
  - term: Site
    definition: >-
      A DatoCMS project owning content, schema, environments, and
      configuration.
  - term: Item
    definition: >-
      A content record stored against an item type, also called a record
      in the UI.
  - term: Item Type
    definition: >-
      A model defining the schema, fields, and ordering for a class of
      items.
  - term: Field
    definition: >-
      A typed attribute on an item type such as string, structured text,
      slug, link, or gallery.
  - term: Fieldset
    definition: >-
      A grouping of fields on an item type for editing and validation.
  - term: Upload
    definition: >-
      An asset such as image, video, or document managed by DatoCMS.
  - term: Environment
    definition: >-
      A versioned copy of the site schema and content used for staging
      and migrations.
  - term: Webhook
    definition: >-
      An outbound HTTP callback fired when items, uploads, or builds
      change.
  - term: Plugin
    definition: >-
      A custom UI extension installed in the DatoCMS editor.
  - term: Workflow
    definition: >-
      A sequence of editorial states such as draft, review, and published
      configurable per item type.
  - term: Scheduled Publication
    definition: >-
      A future-dated change that publishes or unpublishes an item.
  - term: Content Delivery API
    definition: >-
      The CDN-fronted GraphQL API used by client applications to read
      published content.
  - term: API Token
    definition: >-
      A bearer credential issued by DatoCMS used in the Authorization
      header.
  - term: Maintenance Mode
    definition: >-
      A site-wide setting that prevents content edits during structural
      migrations.