name: Wolfram|Alpha Domain Vocabulary
provider: Wolfram|Alpha
providerId: wolframalpha
description: Controlled vocabulary covering the Wolfram|Alpha API surface; sourced from openapi/ tags and provider domain terminology.
created: '2026-05-30'
modified: '2026-05-30'
terms:
- term: Queries
  description: Submission of natural language queries for full computational results across all Wolfram|Alpha APIs.
- term: Classification
  description: Fast classification and routing of queries via the Fast Query Recognizer API.
- term: AppID
  description: Authentication identifier issued by the Wolfram|Alpha Developer Portal; passed as a query parameter or Bearer token.
- term: Pod
  description: A single result section returned by the Full Results API.
- term: Subpod
  description: A sub-result within a pod, including plaintext, image, MathML, or audio renderings.
- term: Domain
  description: The detected content category for a recognized query (e.g., Geography, Math, Finance).
- term: ResultSignificanceScore
  description: Confidence estimate (0-100) for the relevance of an expected Wolfram|Alpha result for a recognized query.
- term: AppID Authentication
  description: API key authentication scheme using the AppID query parameter or Bearer token.
- term: Computational Knowledge
  description: Wolfram's curated knowledge base and computational engine that powers all APIs.
- term: Natural Language Processing
  description: Input layer that parses free-form English (and other languages) into computational queries.
- term: Mode
  description: Recognizer mode flag (Default or Voice) for the Fast Query Recognizer API.
- term: Async Delivery
  description: Optional asynchronous result delivery mechanism for long-running Full Results API computations.
- term: Pod Selection
  description: Filtering mechanism (includepodid, excludepodid, podtitle, podindex, scanner) for narrowing Full Results API output.
- term: LLM API
  description: Endpoint variant of the Wolfram|Alpha API optimized for consumption by large language models and AI agents.
- term: Spoken Results
  description: Plain-text responses formatted to be read aloud naturally for voice assistants.
- term: Short Answers
  description: Concise single-line plain-text responses suitable for chatbots and constrained displays.
- term: Simple Results
  description: Single-image rendering of the full Wolfram|Alpha result page.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com