# Data Entities

The core entities in the Reelables API are:
- **`Workspace`**: a permissions boundary within the Reelables Platform.
Typically this is an organization or team but it can also represent an application across several organizations, for example when multiple parties have visibility of `Assets` through a supply chain.

`Assets`, `Spaces`, `Printers`, `Consignments` and `Facilities` all exist within the context of a `Workspace`. `Users` can have permissions in more than one `Workspace`.
- **`Asset`**: a physical item that can be tracked. Reelables `Labels` are activated (typically by a `Printer`) and attached to `Assets`.
- **`Space`**: a physical area within which `Assets` can be detected. A `Space` can be static (e.g. a receiving bay in a `Facility`) or mobile (e.g. in the trailer of a truck). A `Space` is characterized in the real world by a `Gateway`, a physical device that listens for signals from Reelables `Labels`.
- **`Consignment`**: A collection of pieces that are being tracked. In the context of a `Consignment` a piece is an `Asset`.
- **`Facility`**: A physical location, comprised of one or more `Spaces` where `Assets` are stored or transit through. E.g. a warehouse or distribution center.
- **`Label`**: A Reelables smart label that produces signals that are detected by a `Gateway`.
- **`Gateway`**: A device that listens for signals from `Labels`.
- **`Printer`**: a physcial device that enables customers to use Reelables `Labels` at scale. `Printers` are linked to a `Workspace` and are used to print `Labels` for `Assets`.
- **`User`**: can be a part of one or more `Workspaces`, their permissions within those `Workspaces` are role-based.