---
vocabulary:
  name: Emory Digital Slide Archive Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Controlled vocabulary for the terms exposed by the Emory Digital Slide
    Archive REST API, a Girder / HistomicsTK platform for digital pathology and
    whole-slide imaging. Terms are derived from the live API resources and
    response fields, not invented.
  version: "3.2.14"
  terms:
    - term: Collection
      definition: >-
        A top-level Girder container that groups related folders; the Digital
        Slide Archive uses collections to organize whole-slide image sets.
      tags: [resource, container]
    - term: Folder
      definition: >-
        A hierarchical Girder container nested within a collection or another
        folder, holding items and sub-folders.
      tags: [resource, container]
    - term: Item
      definition: >-
        A Girder item representing a single logical object such as a whole-slide
        image; carries the largeImage descriptor when tiled.
      tags: [resource, slide]
    - term: File
      definition: >-
        The binary payload (for example an .svs slide file) attached to an item.
      tags: [resource, binary]
    - term: Annotation
      definition: >-
        A geometric/markup overlay on a slide item, holding named elements with
        detail and element counts and a version history.
      tags: [resource, pathology]
    - term: LargeImage
      definition: >-
        Descriptor on an item indicating a tiled whole-slide image, referencing
        the source file (fileId) and tile source backend (sourceName, e.g. openslide).
      tags: [imaging, tile-source]
    - term: Meta
      definition: >-
        Arbitrary user-supplied metadata object attached to collections, folders,
        and items.
      tags: [metadata]
    - term: Assetstore
      definition: >-
        A Girder storage backend where file binaries are persisted.
      tags: [storage]
    - term: Group
      definition: >-
        A Girder group used to assign shared access permissions to resources.
      tags: [access-control]
    - term: User
      definition: >-
        A Girder user account; resources record creatorId and updatedId references.
      tags: [identity]
    - term: Token
      definition: >-
        A Girder authentication token; supplied via the Girder-Token header.
      tags: [authentication]
    - term: Girder-Token
      definition: >-
        The apiKey HTTP header used to authenticate Girder REST API requests.
      tags: [authentication, security]