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Amazon Documentdb Vocabulary

Unified vocabulary and taxonomy for Amazon DocumentDB APIs covering operational and capability dimensions.

8 Terms 4 Groups Updated 2026-04-19

Amazon DocumentDB Vocabulary is a controlled vocabulary published by Amazon DocumentDB on the APIs.io network, defining 8 terms.

The terms are organized into 4 groups — apis, resources, actions, and authentication.

Defined terms include Amazon DocumentDB API, #DescribeDBInstances, #DeleteDBCluster, #CreateDBInstance, and create.

A controlled vocabulary pins the words an API’s schemas, parameters and documentation use to one agreed definition each — the shared language a human or an agent needs to read the API the same way its authors do.

Term Groups

apis 1 resources 3 actions 3 authentication 1

Terms

Amazon DocumentDB API

#DescribeDBInstances

#DescribeDBInstances resources

#DeleteDBCluster

#DeleteDBCluster resources

#CreateDBInstance

#CreateDBInstance resources

create

describe

delete

description

All API requests use AWS Signature Version 4 for authentication.

Controlled Vocabulary

vocabulary: 1.0.0
info:
  provider: Amazon DocumentDB
  description: Unified vocabulary and taxonomy for Amazon DocumentDB APIs covering operational and capability dimensions.
  created: '2026-04-19'
  modified: '2026-04-19'
operational:
  apis:
  - name: Amazon DocumentDB API
    namespace: documentdb
    version: '2024'
    status: active
  resources:
  - name: '#DescribeDBInstances'
    description: '#DescribeDBInstances resources'
  - name: '#DeleteDBCluster'
    description: '#DeleteDBCluster resources'
  - name: '#CreateDBInstance'
    description: '#CreateDBInstance resources'
  actions:
  - name: create
    pattern: write
  - name: describe
    pattern: read
  - name: delete
    pattern: write
  schemas:
    core:
    - name: CreateDBClusterResult
      description: CreateDBClusterResult schema
    - name: DescribeDBClustersResult
      description: DescribeDBClustersResult schema
    - name: DBCluster
      description: DBCluster schema
  authentication:
    schemes:
    - AWS Signature Version 4
    description: All API requests use AWS Signature Version 4 for authentication.
capability:
  workflows:
  - name: Database Administration
    file: capabilities/documentdb-management.yaml
    description: Workflow capability for Database Administration.
  personas:
  - id: cloud-engineer
    name: Cloud Engineer
    description: Engineers managing Amazon DocumentDB resources on AWS.
    workflows:
    - Database Administration
  domains:
  - name: Database Administration
    description: Database Administration business domain for Amazon DocumentDB.
crossReference:
- resource: '#DescribeDBInstances'
  workflows:
  - Database Administration
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#DeleteDBCluster'
  workflows:
  - Database Administration
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer
- resource: '#CreateDBInstance'
  workflows:
  - Database Administration
  personas:
  - Cloud Engineer