diff --git a/content/concepts/terminology.md b/content/concepts/terminology.md index ebaeba1c..9ff3c858 100644 --- a/content/concepts/terminology.md +++ b/content/concepts/terminology.md @@ -5,38 +5,37 @@ description: Terminology specific to Ocean Protocol. ## Ocean Network -Any EVM-compatible network where [Ocean smart contracts](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean-contracts) are deployed. There can be many Ocean networks and you can use the Ocean Protocol in several EVM-compatible networks, including: +An *Ocean network* is any EVM-compatible network where [Ocean smart contracts](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean-contracts) are deployed. These include: - [Ethereum Mainnet](https://www.ethereum.org) - Ethereum [test networks](/concepts/testnets/) ## Data Service, Data Asset, Datatoken -A data service may serve up a dataset or a compute service like Compute-to-Data. It's characterized by a url. +A *data service* may serve up a dataset or a compute service like Compute-to-Data. It's characterized by a url. -Each data asset is represented by an ERC20 datatoken. +Each *data asset* is represented by an ERC20 *datatoken*. You can access a data service if you send 1.0 datatokens to the Provider. -## Data Owner or Data Service Provider +## Data Publisher, Provider -Someone who has data assets that they want to sell. An example is an almond distributor with 30 years of data about almond sales. +A *data publisher* is someone who has data services that they want to sell. An example is an almond distributor with 30 years of data about almond sales. -> Initially, most data owners or data service providers will also be the publishers of their own assets. +A *Provider* is a service that mediates access to assets on behalf of data owners or data service providers. -## Publisher - -A service which mediates access to assets on behalf of data owners or data service providers. - -> Initially, most publishers will also be the owners of the assets they publish. +> Initially, most data publishers will also be Providers. ## Data Consumer -Someone who buys a asset. An example is a data scientist working at an economic think tank. +A *data consumer* is someone who buys a data asset, then consumes it by interacting with the *Provider*. -## Marketplace +## Data Market -A service where publishers can list what assets they have, and consumers can see what's available then buy it. +A data market is a service where publishers can list what assets they have, and consumers can see what's available then buy it. + + +## Metadata Metadata is information about the data asset. In Ocean, metadata is stored on-chain, but marketplaces may have a local cache for faster search.