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   4 title: API Reference
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  10 h2. Concepts
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  12 * Each API uses the same "authentication mechanism":authentication.html.
  13 * Resources in requests and responses adhere to a "common structure":resources.html.
  14 * API transactions use common "REST methods":methods.html.
  15 * API transactions are subject to a "permission model":permission-model.html.
  16 * "Job tasks":schema/JobTask.html use some special API features.
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  18 h2. Resources
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  20 h3. Generic Resources
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  22 * "Collection":schema/Collection.html
  23 * "Job":schema/Job.html
  24 * "JobTask":schema/JobTask.html
  25 * "Link":schema/Link.html
  26 * "Log":schema/Log.html
  27 * "PipelineTemplate":schema/PipelineTemplate.html
  28 * "PipelineInstance":schema/PipelineInstance.html
  29 * "Group":schema/Group.html
  30 * "Human":schema/Human.html
  31 * "Specimen":schema/Specimen.html
  32 * "Trait":schema/Trait.html
  33 * "User":schema/User.html
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  35 h3. Authentication
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  37 These Arvados resources govern authorization and "authentication":authentication.html:
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  39 * "ApiClient":schema/ApiClient.html
  40 * "ApiClientAuthorization":schema/ApiClientAuthorization.html
  41 * "AuthorizedKey":schema/AuthorizedKey.html
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  43 h3. Arvados Infrastructure
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  45 These resources govern the Arvados infrastructure itself: Git repositories, Keep disks, active nodes, etc.
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  47 * "CommitAncestor":schema/CommitAncestor.html
  48 * "Commit":schema/Commit.html
  49 * "KeepDisk":schema/KeepDisk.html
  50 * "Node":schema/Node.html
  51 * "Repository":schema/Repository.html
  52 * "VirtualMachine":schema/VirtualMachine.html