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This is the online documentation for the {{site.data.keyword.cloudantfull}} 
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all intended to help you get going quickly.
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is a document-oriented DataBase as a Service (DBaaS).
It stores data as documents in JSON format.
It's built with scalability,
high availability,
and durability in mind.
It comes with a wide variety of indexing options including map-reduce,
Cloudant Query,
full-text indexing,
and geospatial indexing.
The replication capabilities make it easy to keep data in sync between database clusters,
desktop PCs,
and mobile devices.
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For more information on all the {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} offerings,
see the main {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} {:new_window} site.
The online documentation provided here gives you
details about {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} concepts,
tasks and techniques.
You can launch the {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} service from the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix}} dashboard.
A 'quick start' to getting up-and-running with {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} is available, along with more detailed tutorials that describe tasks in more detail. More information about details such as authenticating with database instances, and querying data, is available in the API reference.
- {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} Offerings: The {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} is available in a variety of offerings, all described in this section.
- {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} Basics: If it's your first time using {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} or NoSQL databases in general, scan this quick introduction to the basics before you read further. It tells you the most important things you need to know about {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}}. The rest of the documentation assumes you know these basics.
- Client Libraries: Client libraries are toolkits that let you develop your own applications, ready to work with {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} databases.
- Tutorials: A detailed collection of articles, showing you how to perform key tasks using {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} on {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}.
- {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} API Reference: The API reference is a comprehensive and living catalog of the {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} capabilities. You can find detailed information about the things you can do with {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}}.
- Guides: These guides go into detail about use cases and more complex activities and problems. The guides also explore some of the important concepts behind the mechanics of a {{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} database.
{{site.data.keyword.cloudant_short_notm}} is built on best-of-breed open source technologies,
and we're heavy committers to the technology we rely on.
We're also open about our documentation.
If it's not working for you,
it's not working for us.
Please make contributions or share suggestions through
Cloudant Labs on GitHub {:new_window}.