This document contains spellings and definitions as they are to be used in the Auth0 docs.
- Login / Log in: Use log in as a verb, or login as a noun. Do NOT use log into or login to.
- Logout / Log out: Use log out as a verb, or logout as a noun.
- Setup / Set up: Use set up as a verb, or setup as a noun.
- Multi-factor: Use multi-factor instead of multifactor in the case of multi-factor authentication.
- Rollout / Roll out: Use rollout as a noun and roll out as a verb. Do not use
roll-out. - Email: Use the un-hyphenated "email" to refer to an email address.
- Click: Use "Click on" when referring to text links in a webpage or UI, "Click" when referring to a button. For example: Click Save. Click on This link.
- Website: Use "website", NOT "web site".
- i.e.: I.e. means
in other words. Usethat is,instead. - e.g.: E.g. means
for example. Usefor example,instead. - etc.: Use it when the space is too limited for the alternative. Otherwise use
and so on. - a vs an: Where the 'u' sounds like 'you' we use 'a' (for example, a university vs an umbrella)
Represents a user, their credentials, and (optionally) a profile and other attributes
Defines custom terms; this is a contract or service plan e.g. trial, free, developer or developer-pro
A logical isolation unit of the products we offer. e.g. a tenant of Auth0 would be foo.auth0.com vs. another tenant bar.auth0.com.
When writing about tokens, capitalize specific token names as follows:
- ID Token
- Access Token
- Refresh Token
- Auth0 tenants refers to regular cloud tenants
- Private instances refers to appliance instances
Generally speaking, unless you're referring to MFA configuration, payment options, or user profiles (for the owner of the account), you'll use tenant, not account.