Concepts

Each of our APIs has automatically-generated documentation to describe the structure and usage of those APIs individually. However, there are important concepts underpinning the APIs that determine when and how they should be used, and these are provided below:

The Reading List Lifecycle reading lists, publish, draft, archive

Background information on the lifecycle for a Talis Aspire Reading List, and how it affects the structure and use of the Reading Lists REST APIs v3

Items and Resources are Different Things reading lists, items, resources, data model

The relationship between Items and Resources in Talis Aspire is an important concept to master.