This topic discusses the conventions used in the Amazon SimpleDB API reference. This includes terminology, notation, and
any abbreviations used to describe the API.
The API reference is broken down into a collection of Actions and Data Types.
Actions encapsulate the possible interactions with Amazon SimpleDB. These can be viewed as remote procedure calls and consist of a request and response message pair. Requests must be signed, allowing Amazon SimpleDB to authenticate the caller.
Values provided as parameters to the various operations must be of the indicated type. Standard XSD types (like
string, boolean, int) are prefixed with xsd:. Complex types defined by the
Amazon SimpleDB WSDL are prefixed with sdb:.
