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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions spec/Section 1 -- Overview.md
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# Overview

The GraphQL Composite Schemas specification describes how multiple GraphQL
services, known as _subgraphs_, are combined into a single unified GraphQL
schema called the _supergraph_.
schemas, known as _source schemas_, are combined into a single unified GraphQL
schema called the _composite schema_.

For clients querying the unified GraphQL schema, the implementation details and
complexities of the distributed systems behind it are hidden. The observable
For clients querying the GraphQL composite schema, the implementation details and
complexities of the underlying distributed systems are hidden. The observable
behavior of the distributed GraphQL executor is the same as that of a standard
GraphQL executor as described by the GraphQL specification.

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and the execution.

- **Composition**: The schema composition describes a process of merging
subgraph schemas into a single GraphQL schema. This schema is annotated with
execution directives and is referred to as the Gateway Configuration.
multiple source schemas into a single GraphQL schema that is annotated with
execution directives and is referred to as the composite schema.

- **Execution**: The distributed GraphQL executor specifies the Gateway
Configuration and the core execution algorithms.
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# Subgraph
# Source Schema

The GraphQL Composite Schemas spec refers to downstream GraphQL APIs that have
been designed for composition as subgraphs. These subgraphs may have additional
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