diff --git a/api-guide/source/general_info.rst b/api-guide/source/general_info.rst index 4da3759270..4593d4e8d4 100644 --- a/api-guide/source/general_info.rst +++ b/api-guide/source/general_info.rst @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Key Compute API Concepts ========================= -The OpenStack Compute API is defined as a ReSTful HTTP service. The API +The OpenStack Compute API is defined as a RESTful HTTP service. The API takes advantage of all aspects of the HTTP protocol (methods, URIs, media types, response codes, etc.) and providers are free to use existing features of the protocol such as caching, persistent diff --git a/api-guide/source/index.rst b/api-guide/source/index.rst index 43f62acbc5..65a6da00b9 100644 --- a/api-guide/source/index.rst +++ b/api-guide/source/index.rst @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Compute API =========== -The nova project has a ReSTful HTTP service called the OpenStack Compute API. +The nova project has a RESTful HTTP service called the OpenStack Compute API. Through this API, the service provides massively scalable, on demand, self-service access to compute resources. Depending on the deployment those compute resources might be Virtual Machines, Physical Machines or Containers. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ access to your own deployment, and you should also be familiar with the following concepts: * OpenStack Compute service -* ReSTful HTTP services +* RESTful HTTP services * HTTP/1.1 * JSON data serialization formats diff --git a/api-guide/source/polling_changes-since_parameter.rst b/api-guide/source/polling_changes-since_parameter.rst index eef1e42b0f..cacf9eecb3 100644 --- a/api-guide/source/polling_changes-since_parameter.rst +++ b/api-guide/source/polling_changes-since_parameter.rst @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Efficient polling with the Changes-Since parameter ================================================== -The ReST API allows you to poll for the status of certain operations by +The REST API allows you to poll for the status of certain operations by performing a **GET** on various elements. Rather than re-downloading and -re-parsing the full status at each polling interval, your ReST client +re-parsing the full status at each polling interval, your REST client may use the *``changes-since``* parameter to check for changes since a previous request. The *``changes-since``* time is specified as an `ISO 8601 `__ dateTime