generated: '2026-06-03'
method: derived
source: >-
  openapi/_original/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-rokwire-core.yaml,
  openapi/_original/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-rokwire-gateway.yaml. Terms are
  extracted from the Rokwire schemas and tags; the definitions are API Evangelist's wording.
vocabulary:
  name: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign API Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Controlled vocabulary of terms observed across the public University of Illinois
    Urbana-Champaign APIs, primarily the Rokwire platform Core and Gateway building
    blocks that power the official Illinois mobile app, plus the Course Explorer
    (CISAPI) and IDEALS OAI-PMH catalog entries.
  version: 1.0.0
  terms:
    - term: Building Block
      definition: A modular, independently deployable service in the open-source Rokwire platform (e.g. Core, Gateway, Content, Notifications).
      tags: [rokwire, architecture]
    - term: Core Building Block
      definition: The Rokwire service handling users, accounts, profiles, organizations, applications, and authentication/authorization.
      tags: [rokwire, core, identity]
    - term: Gateway Building Block
      definition: The Rokwire service providing access to external university systems and data streams, including wayfinding and building data.
      tags: [rokwire, gateway, integration]
    - term: Account
      definition: A user account record in the Core building block, including profile, preferences, and authentication types.
      tags: [core, identity]
    - term: Profile
      definition: Personal information associated with an account, such as name, pronouns, contact details, and photo.
      tags: [core, identity]
    - term: Organization
      definition: A tenant entity in the Core building block, classified by size (micro, small, medium, large, huge).
      tags: [core, tenant]
    - term: Application
      definition: A client application registered with the Core building block, optionally multi-tenant and admin-enabled.
      tags: [core, application]
    - term: Building
      definition: A campus building exposed by the Gateway wayfinding endpoints, with address, geolocation, entrances, floors, and features.
      tags: [gateway, wayfinding, facilities]
    - term: Entrance
      definition: A point of access to a campus building, with ADA-compliance and geolocation attributes.
      tags: [gateway, wayfinding, accessibility]
    - term: Appliance
      definition: A campus laundry or similar appliance reported by the Gateway, with status, type, and cycle timing.
      tags: [gateway, facilities]
    - term: Course Explorer
      definition: The public Course Information Suite API (CISAPI) exposing class schedule and course catalog data as XML without authentication.
      tags: [cisapi, courses, catalog]
    - term: GenEd
      definition: General education requirements and the courses that fulfill them within the Course Explorer catalog.
      tags: [cisapi, catalog]
    - term: OAI-PMH
      definition: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, used by IDEALS to expose Dublin Core repository metadata.
      tags: [ideals, library, metadata]
    - term: IDEALS
      definition: The Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship, the university institutional repository.
      tags: [ideals, library, repository]