translate5 provides a REST API to create, read and manipulate all stored data. REST is a HTTP based, resource oriented architecture.
For further information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer
The data format is JSON. On PUT requests not all data fields must be given, only the fields with changed data are sufficient.
To see the use of the REST API in action, a developer may have a look on the way translate5 JS-GUI frontend uses the REST API through tools like Firebug. This way it is easy for a programmer, to understand the way it works and to see, which values are used for which resources in which situations.