Merge branch '8784-dir-listings'

[arvados.git] / doc / api / methods / specimens.html.textile.liquid

diff --git a/doc/api/methods/specimens.html.textile.liquid b/doc/api/methods/specimens.html.textile.liquid
index f2f234fa880c98aad1c6f5946cb1dddc5ee65a19..6ee79ca3df2d543da2d82c7ccbf72c78d1bfa129 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/api/methods/specimens.html.textile.liquid
+++ b/doc/api/methods/specimens.html.textile.liquid
@@ -3,15 +3,37 @@ layout: default
 navsection: api
 navmenu: API Methods
 title: "specimens"
-
 ...
+{% comment %}
+Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
 
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
+{% endcomment %}
 
+API endpoint base: @https://{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/arvados/v1/specimens@
 
-Required arguments are displayed in %{background:#ccffcc}green%.
+Object type: @j58dm@
+
+Example UUID: @zzzzz-j58dm-0123456789abcde@
+
+h2. Resource
+
+A metadata record that may be used to represent a biological specimen.
+
+Each Specimen has, in addition to the "Common resource fields":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:
+
+table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
+|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
+|material|string|||
+|properties|hash|||
 
+h2. Methods
 
-h2. create
+See "Common resource methods":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html for more information about @create@, @delete@, @get@, @list@, and @update@.
+
+Required arguments are displayed in %{background:#ccffcc}green%.
+
+h3. create
 
 Create a new Specimen.
 
@@ -21,7 +43,7 @@ table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
 |specimen|object||query||
 
-h2. delete
+h3. delete
 
 Delete an existing Specimen.
 
@@ -31,7 +53,7 @@ table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Specimen in question.|path||
 
-h2. get
+h3. get
 
 Gets a Specimen's metadata by UUID.
 
@@ -41,19 +63,13 @@ table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Specimen in question.|path||
 
-h2. list
+h3. list
 
 List specimens.
 
-Arguments:
-
-table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
-|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
-|limit|integer (default 100)|Maximum number of specimens to return.|query||
-|order|string|Order in which to return matching specimens.|query||
-|filters|array|Conditions for filtering specimens.|query||
+See "common resource list method.":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html#index
 
-h2. update
+h3. update
 
 Update attributes of an existing Specimen.