Glossary¶
This glossary contains terms used in discover.swiss metadata. Moreover, it serves as a reference for the language used in the project. Developers, Marketing, and product owners should have the same understanding of the terms provided in this glossary.
API¶
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| API | Application Programming Interface. Enables different systems to interact with each other programmatically. |
| Endpoints | Indicate how you access the resource |
| Methods | Indicates the allowed interactions (such as GET, POST, or DELETE) with the resource |
| Request | The way information is returned from an API. In a request, the client provides a resource URL with the proper authorization to an API server. The API returns a response with the information requested. |
| Request body | A block of information, usually JSON, included in the request body, often used with CREATE and PUT methods. |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation. A lightweight syntax containing objects and arrays, to return information from a REST API. |
| Authorization token | give user permission as an Active Directory B2C and generated by Active Directory (Header → 'Authorization'). |
| Profile token | give user Guest permission. Generated by Profile service (Header → 'Token'). |
| Subscription key | gives secure access for consumer via API Management (Header → 'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key') |
| Query string parameters | Parameters that appear in the query string of the endpoint, after the "?" |
Actors¶
Partners¶
- Partner: Company or organisation interacting with discover.swiss
- Development partner: helps developing the discover.swiss products,either with expertise or writing code
- Solution provider: develops a client application for destination
- Destination / Bezüger: Organziation which is the stakeholder of the client application. For example Scuol, Zürich Tourism or Schweizer Jugendherberge
- Supplier / Leistungserbringer: is actually delivering to the service the enduser is consuming. f.ex. Restaurant, ski hill, hotel, etc.
Users¶
- end-user is a synonym to user
- Guest / Gast: the customer of the destination which is visiting Switzerland and (mainly) using the client application
- Operation / Betrieb: people who work for or in the name of discover.swiss to ensure a sound state of the platform
Applications¶
- Client App / Destination App: stands for all kinds of client applications using discover.swiss foundation API
- my.discover.swiss portal: Web portal for guests and employees to control their own data and profile
- discover.swiss Foundation API: API offered by discover.swiss to serve the destination's needs (the main product)
- Partner portal: Web portal for all partners to access and control their transactions and their delivered content Partner Portal.
- Connectors: Applications and components which communicate with the supplier interfaces
Acronyms¶
| Akronym | Name |
|---|---|
| 4tix | 4tix |
| agt | Aargau Tourismus |
| ald | Arosa Lenzerheide |
| alo | aleno AG |
| alt | Alturos |
| apa | AWP P&C S.A |
| apg | APG |
| arc | Arcobaleno AG |
| arst | Arosa Tourismus |
| assd | ASSD GmbH |
| avs | AVS GmbH |
| bbs | Bergbahnen Scuol AG |
| bft | Bergün Filisur Tourismus |
| bios | Bio Suisse |
| blt | Baselland Tourismus |
| blwt | Bellwald Tourismus |
| brm | Brame AG |
| brmb | Brambrüesch |
| bslt | Basel Tourismus |
| buntsch | Bun Tschlin |
| bvm | Biosfera Val Müstair |
| cay | Caymland |
| chm | SchweizMobil |
| chur | Chur Tourismus |
| chursprt | Sport- und Eventanlagen Chur |
| clrm | Culinarium |
| cor | Corvatsch |
| demo | Caladan explorations |
| dev | DEV sample product provider |
| devprov | DEV sample provider |
| devsupp | DEV discover.swiss product supplier |
| dk | Destination Davos Klosters |
| ds | discover.swiss |
| dsod | discover.swiss OpenData |
| dss | Dolomiti Superski |
| edo | e-domizil |
| efr | Eventfrog |
| elib | e-liberty |
| elibstationdemo | e-liberty station demo (contractor) |
| eng | Engadin Tourismus AG |
| erm | Erlebnisregion Mythen |
| etrm | Ente Turistico Regionale del Moesano (ETRM) |
| exp | Experience Bank |
| eyz | Einsiedeln-Ybrig-Zürichsee AG |
| flf | Flims Laax Falera Management AG |
| flt | Flims Laax Falera Management AG |
| frt | feratel Schweiz AG |
| fvbs | Förderverein Barrierefreie Schweiz |
| gam | Gammetermedia |
| gbf | Geneva Beer Festival |
| gblu | Guide Bleu |
| gdl | Guidle |
| gesgrf | Gesundheitstourismus Graubünden |
| gfsh | Tafelgesellschaft zum Goldenen Fisch |
| gin | Ginto |
| glde | Gilde |
| gmau | Gault Millau |
| grf | Graubünden Ferien |
| grf-tessvm | Tourismus Engadin Scuol Samnaun Val Müstair AG |
| grs | green-solutions |
| gs | GastroSuisse |
| gszh | Gastro Kanton Zürich |
| hcl | Hotelclass |
| hi | Hostelling International |
| hi_stok | Stiftung Stayokay |
| hlt | Heidiland Tourismus AG |
| hnt | Hinto |
| how | House of Winterthur |
| hs | HotellerieSuisse |
| hs-d365 | HotellerieSuisse D365 |
| ibex | ibex fairstay |
| idm | IDM Südtirol |
| imx-grf | Graubünden Ferien |
| int | Interlaken Tourismus |
| ipk | iPeak |
| jre | Jeunes Restaurateurs |
| jrt | Jungfrau Tourismus |
| kzh | Verein Forum Kultur, kulturzueri.ch |
| lbb | Lenzerheide Bergbahnen AG |
| lgt | Lunchgate AG |
| lnkt | Lenk-Simmental Tourismus AG |
| lnzt | Ferienregion Lenzerheide |
| ltag | Luzern Tourismus AG |
| luv | Luzern Vierwaldstättersee |
| mcln | MICHELIN Guide |
| mct | My City Travel |
| mia | miaEngiadina |
| min | Sportanlagen AG Val Müstair |
| mtk | Maptoolkit - Toursprung GmbH |
| neusta | neusta destination.one GmbH |
| noi | NOI Techpark |
| nova | NOVA direct |
| nsp | Schweizer Pärke |
| nsp_10 | Parc Ela |
| nsp_11 | UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch |
| nsp_12 | Naturpark Thal |
| nsp_13 | Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut |
| nsp_14 | Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald |
| nsp_15 | Naturpark Beverin |
| nsp_16 | Parc du Doubs |
| nsp_19 | Parc naturel régional Jura vaudois |
| nsp_2 | Landschaftspark Binntal |
| nsp_20 | Naturpark Pfyn-Finges |
| nsp_27 | Regionaler Naturpark Schaffhausen |
| nsp_3 | Schweizerischer Nationalpark |
| nsp_34 | Parc naturel du Jorat |
| nsp_4 | Jurapark Aargau |
| nsp_43 | Parco Val Calanca |
| nsp_48 | Parc naturel régional de la Vallée du Trient |
| nsp_5 | Parc régional Chasseral |
| nsp_6 | Naturpark Diemtigtal |
| nsp_8 | Naturpark Gantrisch |
| nsp_9 | Biosfera Val Müstair |
| odsui | opendata.swiss |
| okgo | OK:GO Initiative - Förderverein Barrierefreie Schweiz |
| opb | OpenBooking AG |
| oua | Outdooractive |
| paut | Postauto AG |
| pbike | PubliBike AG |
| pe | Park Ela |
| pet | Park Ela Trek |
| pi | Pro Infirmis |
| pnr | Plugn'roll |
| pns | Parkn'Sleep |
| pt | Prättigau Marketing |
| pts | Public Ticket Solution |
| res | Resmio |
| rgr | Rhein Genuss Route |
| rgrbr | Rhein Genuss Route (admin), (Bad Ragaz) |
| rhb | Rhätische Bahn |
| ros | Roundshot |
| rzst | Rapperswil Zürichsee Tourismus |
| samnaun | Tourist-Information Samnaun |
| sapet | SAP Event Ticketing |
| satt | Safiental Tourismus |
| sbb | Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB |
| sbb-zht | Offeriert durch Zürich Tourismus |
| scr | Scooby Rentals NV |
| scuol | Gäste-Information Scuol |
| sdt | Sedrun Disentis Tourismus SA |
| sgt | St.Gallen-Bodensee Tourismus |
| shp | shopify |
| sht | Schaffhauserland Tourismus |
| sis | SISAG AG |
| sjh | Schweizer Jugendherbergen |
| sjh-d365 | D365 CRM der Schweizer Jugendherbergen |
| skid | SKIDATA (Schweiz) GmbH |
| sop | Schweizer Olympia Park (SOP) |
| spa | SwissPass |
| spot | Spotwerbung |
| st | Schweiz Tourismus |
| stb | Swisstainable |
| sto | Switzerland Tourism OpenData |
| sts | Swiss Travel System |
| stv | Schweizer Tourismus-Verband |
| surs | Surselva Tourismus |
| swa | Swiss Activities AG |
| swc | Swisscom AG |
| szt | Schwyz Tourismus |
| tbz | mein.Toubiz |
| tessvm | Tourismus Engadin Scuol Samnaun Val Müstair AG |
| tht | Thurgau Tourismus |
| tic | Tessin Tourismus |
| tico | Ticino Outdoor |
| tom | TOMAS |
| tom_bsz | Brunnen Schwyz Marketing AG, (Brunnen) |
| tom_es | Edelweiss Services |
| tom_eyz | Einsiedeln-Ybrig-Zürichsee AG, (Einsiedeln) |
| tom_rv | Gäste Service Rigi, (Vitznau) |
| tom_smt | Stoos-Muotatal Tourismus, (Schwyz) |
| top | TOP-Ausbildungsbetrieb |
| tourexpl | Tour-Explorer |
| tourify | Tourify GmbH |
| tsch | Info Tschiertschen-Praden |
| tso | TSO AG |
| tso-ctd | contentdesk.io by TSO AG |
| tst | TEST service consumer für internen Gebrauch |
| tsvm | Tourismus Engadin Scuol Samnaun Val Müstair AG |
| tt | Toggenburg Tourismus |
| tvs | Tourismus Val Surses Savognin Bivio AG |
| unessa | UNESCO-Welterbe Tektonikarena Sardona |
| uri | Uri Tourismus |
| vgl | VISIT Glarnerland AG |
| viva | graubündenVIVA |
| vlpt | Valposchiavo Turismo |
| vt | Viamala Tourismus |
| wag | Weisse Arena Gruppe |
| wlk | Wilken AG |
| woc | Verein OL WM 2023 Flims Laax |
| zht | Zürich Tourismus |
| znz | Zernez |