Content Types (Schema)

This section outlines the content types and their relationships used in the NIAID Data Ecosystem portal.

📑 Table of Contents

1. Collection Types

• Category
• Disease
• Doc
• Event
• Features
• Link Category
• News
• Notice

2. Single Types

• About Page
• Disclaimer Page
• Integration Page

3. Shared Components

• Component: Link Item
• Component: SEO

4. Relevant Strapi Documentation

Collection Types

Collection types are content-types managing several entries. For each available collection type, multiple entries can be created.

Category

Purpose: Organizes content across the portal into meaningful groups.

API Routes

GET /api/categories?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	✅	Display name of the category.
docs	Relation to Doc	❌	Documentation pages associated with this category.
events	Relation to Event	❌	Events grouped under this category.
feature	Relation to Featured	❌	Featured pages associated with this category.
news	Relation to News	❌	News items assigned to this category.
order	number	❌	Used to determine display order of categories in lists.

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Disease

Purpose: Provides information about health conditions.

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Title of the disease page.
topic	string	✅	Topic name used to populate the page.
slug	UID	✅	Auto-generated URL path where the feature long content is accessible.
query	JSON	✅	NIAID Data Ecosystem compatible query to retrieve relevant data to populate the page.
image	media	✅	Accompanying image or logo used in card and page views.
subtitle	string	❌	Secondary heading or summary shown below the title.
description	rich text	❌	Main content body, supporting Markdown formatting. Also used in card view.
contacts	Component (repeatable) - Link Item	❌	List of relevant emails or contact information.
externalLinks	Component (repeatable) - Link Item	❌	List of relevant webpages.

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Doc

Purpose: Provides user-facing documentation, guides, and informational content for the portal.

API Routes

GET /api/docs?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	✅	Title of the documentation page.
slug	UID	✅	Auto-generated URL path where the documentation page is accessible.
subtitle	string	❌	Secondary heading or summary shown below the title.
description	rich text	❌	Main content body, supporting Markdown formatting.
category	Relation to Category	❌	One or more categories the page is associated with.
order	number	❌	Determines the position of this page relative to others in category listings.

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Event

Purpose: Information about events related to the NIAID Data Ecosystem.

API Routes

GET /api/events?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	✅	Title of the event.
shortDescription	string	✅	Short content to display as a preview in homepage cards.
slug	UID	✅	Auto-generated URL path where the event long content is accessible.
subtitle	string	❌	Secondary heading or summary shown below the title.
eventDate	date	❌	Date when the event takes place.
description	rich text	❌	Main content body, supporting Markdown formatting.
image	media	❌	Uploads and links to one media asset (e.g., JPG, PNG, SVG) to be used as thumbnail.
categories	Relation to Category	❌	One or more categories the event is associated with.

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Features

Purpose: Information about features related to the NIAID Data Ecosystem.

API Routes

GET /api/features?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Title of the feature.
subtitle	string	✅	Secondary heading or summary shown below the title.
abstract	string	✅	Short content to display as a preview in cards.
slug	UID	✅	Auto-generated URL path where the feature long content is accessible.
content	rich text	✅	Main content body, supporting Markdown formatting.
thumbnail	media	✅	Uploads and links to one media asset (e.g., JPG, PNG, SVG) to be used as thumbnail.
banner	media	❌	Image to display on feature page (optional)
categories	Relation to Category	❌	One or more categories the event is associated with.
metaFields	Component - SEO	❌	Used to define optional meta information for the page.

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Link Category

Purpose: A category of links that allows grouping of similar links.

API Routes

GET /api/link-categories?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	✅	Name of the category to group links by.
url	string	❌	Optional URL for the category.
description	string	❌	Optional description of the category.

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News

Purpose: Updates about features and releases related to the NIAID Data Ecosystem.

API Routes

GET /api/news-reports?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	✅	Title of the news item.
shortDescription	string	✅	Short content to display as a preview in homepage cards.
slug	UID	✅	Auto-generated URL path where the news long content is accessible.
subtitle	string	❌	Secondary heading or summary shown below the title.
description	rich text	❌	Main content body, supporting Markdown formatting.
image	media	❌	Uploads and links to one media asset (e.g., JPG, PNG, SVG) to be used as thumbnail.
categories	Relation to Category	❌	One or more categories the news item is associated with.

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Notice

Purpose: Displays alerts about downtimes or other issues that may impact users. Notices appear in a banner across the top of all portal pages.

API Routes

GET /api/notices?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
heading	string	✅	Short title displayed in the notice banner.
description	rich text	✅	Full message content. Supports Markdown formatting.
state	enum	✅	Defines the type of notice (e.g., info, error, warning, success). Defaults to warning.
isActive	boolean	✅	Toggle to show or hide the notice on the portal. Defaults to true.
affectedRepository	string	❌	Optional name of the repository affected by the issue.

Single Types

Single types are content-types with only one entry.

About page

Purpose: Holds the static content displayed on the portal’s "About" page.

API Routes

GET /api/about-page?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	✅	Title of the about page.
description	rich text	✅	Main content on the about page, supporting Markdown formatting.
subtitle	string	❌	Secondary heading or summary shown below the title.

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Disclaimer page

Purpose: Holds the static content displayed on the portal’s "Disclaimer" page.

API Routes

GET /api/disclaimer-page?populate=*

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	✅	Title of the disclaimer page.
description	rich text	✅	Main content on the disclaimer page, supporting Markdown formatting.
subtitle	string	❌	Secondary heading or summary shown below the title.

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Integration page

Purpose: The Knowledge Center's integration page has a unique layout. This single type contains the static content.

API Routes

GET /api/integration-page?populate=*

Top-Level Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Main title of the page.
description	rich text	❌	Primary body content. Supports Markdown formatting.
overview	Component (repeatable)	❌	Introductory or summary section cards.
tabs	Component	❌	Contains grouped content organized under tabs.
textBlocks	Component (repeatable)

| ❌ | Additional modular text sections that may be reused elsewhere.|

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Component: overview (Repeatable)

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Title of the section.
slug	UID	✅	Auto-generated URL path used for anchor links.
description	rich text	❌	Main description content.
image	media	❌	Optional image representing the section.

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Component: tabs

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Tab group title.
slug	UID	✅	Auto-generated URL path used for anchor links.
description	rich text	❌	Optional text describing the group of tabs.
panels	Component (repeatable)	❌	Panels within the tab group.

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Component: panels (Repeatable)

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Panel title shown in the UI.
cards	Component (repeatable)	❌	List of card items inside the panel.

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Component: cards (Repeatable)

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Card title.
content	rich text	✅	Rich text or Markdown content.
additionalInfo	rich text	❌	Optional supplementary text.
icon	media	❌	Icon representing the card’s topic.
isRequired	boolean	❌	Signals to user that this card item is a requirement.

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Component: textBlocks (Repeatable)

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Section title.
slug	UID	❌	Auto-generated URL path used for anchor links.
description	rich text	❌	Main content block. Supports Markdown.

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Shared Components

Reusable components that are shared across multiple schemas and content types.

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Component: Link Item

Purpose: A reusable component with properties often used in tandem with link URLs.

Field	Type	Required	Description
label	string	✅	Label or name associated with the link.
url	UID	✅	Link URL.
isExternal	boolean	✅	Whether the link points to an external page.
image	media	❌	Accompanying image or logo.
categories	Component (repeatable) - Link-category	❌	Associated Link Category group with this URL.

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Component: SEO

Purpose: This component is used to define meta information for a page, including the title, description, and keyword tags.

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	The page’s meta title. Suggested length: 50–60 characters.
description	string	✅	A brief summary of the page’s content. Suggested length: 150–160 characters.
keywords	string	✅	Comma‑separated list of relevant keywords. Suggested length: 5–10 keywords.

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📖 Relevant Strapi documentation

• Creating content-types
• Configuring fields for content-types
• Editing content-types
• Collection vs Single Types