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 |