Welcome to the Open Terms Archive documentation

Open Terms Archive is a decentralised system that tracks collections of services’ terms across multiple servers. Each collection exposes the data it collects through datasets and through its own API. The Federation API unifies search and discovery across collections.

Documentation structure 🔗

This documentation follows the Diátaxis approach and is structured in following categories

Tutorials 🔗

step-by-step learning guides that help beginners get started with Open Terms Archive, providing foundational knowledge and hands-on experience.

How-to guides 🔗

Task-focused instructions that help experienced users accomplish specific goals efficiently and effectively.

References 🔗

Comprehensive technical documentation detailing configuration options and specifications for advanced users.

Explanations 🔗

Background knowledge that enables understanding the constraints and how choices that are made.