diff --git a/aep/general/0003/aep.md b/aep/general/0003/aep.md
index f0415d16..9a0669be 100644
--- a/aep/general/0003/aep.md
+++ b/aep/general/0003/aep.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ The following terminology **must** be used consistently throughout AEPs.
 Application Programming Interface. This can be a local interface (such as an
 SDK) or a Network API (defined below).
 
+APIs define one or more operations upon resource types.
+
 ### API Backend
 
 A set of servers and related infrastructure that implements the business logic
@@ -33,24 +35,28 @@ Examples of clients include the following:
 
 ### API Definition
 
-A well-structured representation of an API Service.
+A well-structured representation of an API.
 
 ### API Endpoint
 
-Refers to a network address that an API Service uses to handle incoming API
-Requests. One API Service may have multiple API Service Endpoints, such as
-`https://pubsub.example.com` and `https://content-pubsub.example.com`.
+Refers to a network address that an API uses to handle incoming requests. One
+API may have multiple endpoints, such as `https://pubsub.example.com` and
+`https://content-pubsub.example.com`.
 
 ### API Gateway
 
 One or more services that together provide common functionality across API
-Services, such as load balancing and authentication.
+services, such as load balancing and authentication.
 
 ### API Method
 
 An individual operation within an API. It is typically represented in Protocol
 Buffers by an `rpc` definition, or in HTTP via a `method` and a `path`.
 
+### API Name
+
+The name by which to refer to an API.
+
 ### API Request
 
 A single invocation of an API Method. It is often used as the unit for billing,
@@ -58,11 +64,16 @@ logging, monitoring, and rate limiting.
 
 ### API Resource
 
-An object upon which one or more API methods operate.
+An entity upon which one or more methods can operate.
 
 ### API Resource Type
 
-An API resource type represents a category of that consumes and API,
+The type of a API resource. It is globally unique within an API.
+
+### API Service
+
+An implementation of an API, exposing API methods on one or more network
+addresses.
 
 ### Consumer
 
diff --git a/aep/general/0004/aep.md b/aep/general/0004/aep.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+# Resource types
+
+Most APIs expose _resources_ (their primary nouns) which users are able to
+create, retrieve, and manipulate. APIs are allowed to name their resource types
+as they see fit, and are only required to ensure uniqueness within that API.
+This means that it is possible (and often desirable) for different APIs to use
+the same type name. For example, a Memcache and Redis API would both want to
+use `Instance` as a type name.
+
+When mapping the relationships between APIs and their resources, however, it
+becomes important to have a single, globally-unique type name. Additionally,
+tools such as Kubernetes or GraphQL interact with APIs from multiple providers.
+
+## Guidance
+
+APIs **must** define a resource type for each resource in the API, according to
+the following pattern: `{API Name}/{Type Name}`. The type name:
+
+- **must** Only contain ASCII alphanumeric characters.
+- **must** Start with a lowercase letter.
+- **must** Be of the singular form of the noun.
+- **must** Use kebab case.
+- For Kubernetes, the type name when converted to UpperCamelCase **must** match
+  the [object][] name.
+- For OpenAPI, the type name when converted to UpperCamelCase **must** match
+  the name of the schema representing the object.
+- For protobuf, the type name when converted to UpperCamelCase **must** match
+  the name of the protobuf message.
+
+### Examples
+
+Examples of resource types include:
+
+- `networking.istio.io/instance`
+- `pubsub.example.com/topic`
+- `pubsub.example.com/subscription`
+- `spanner.example.com/database`
+- `spanner.example.com/instance`
+- `apis.example.com/user/user-event`
+
+### Annotating resource types
+
+APIs **must** annotate the resource types for each resource in the API
+
+{% tab proto %}
+
+For protobuf, use the [`google.api.resource`][resource] annotation:
+
+```proto
+// A representation of a user event.
+message Topic {
+  option (google.api.resource) = {
+    type: "user.example.com/user-event"
+    singular: "user-event"
+    plural: "user-events"
+    // define one or more patterns, e.g. if a resource has more than one parent.
+    pattern: "projects/{project}/user-events/{user-event}"
+    pattern: "folder/{folder}/user-events/{user-event}"
+    pattern: "users/{user}/events/{user-event}"
+  };
+
+  // Name and other fields...
+```
+
+{% tab oas %}
+
+For OpenAPI 3.0, use the `x-aep-resource` extension:
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "x-aep-resource": {
+    "singular": "user-event",
+    "plural": "user-events",
+    "patterns": [
+      "projects/{project}/user-events/{user-event}",
+      "folder/{folder}/user-events/{user-event}",
+      "users/{user}/events/{user-event}"
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+{% endtabs %}
+
+- The `singular` field **must** be the kebab-case singular type name.
+- The `plural` field **must** be the kebab-case plural of the singular.
+
+The `pattern` field **must** match the `pattern` rule in the following grammar,
+expressed as [EBNF][EBNF]:
+
+```ebnf
+pattern = element, { "/", element };
+element = variable | literal;
+variable = "{", literal, "}";
+```
+
+Where `literal` matches the regex `[a-z][a-z0-9\-]*[a-z0-9]`.
+
+- Patterns **must** match the possible [resource paths][resource-paths] of the
+  resource.
+- Pattern variables (the segments within braces) **must** match the singular of
+  the resource whose id is being matched by that value.
+
+#### Pattern uniqueness
+
+If multiple patterns are defined within a resource, the patterns defined **must
+not** overlap in the set of resource paths that they can match. In other words,
+a resource path may match at most one of the patterns.
+
+For example, the following two patterns would not be valid for the same
+resource:
+
+- `user/{user}`
+- `user/{user_part_1}~{user_part_2}`
+
+## Rationale
+
+### Singular and Plural
+
+Well-defined singular and plurals of a resource enable clients to determine the
+proper name to use in code and documentation.
+
+google.aip.dev uses UpperCamelCase for resource types, while aep.dev uses
+kebab-case. This is to enforce better consistency in the representation of
+various multipart strings, as collection identifiers use kebab case.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+[resource-paths]: /resource-paths
+[API Group]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/kubernetes-api/#api-groups
+[nested collections]: ./0122.md#collection-identifiers
+[Object]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
+[resource]: https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/blob/master/google/api/resource.proto
+[service configuration]: https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/blob/master/google/api/service.proto
+[EBNF]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Backus%E2%80%93Naur_form
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+## Changelog
diff --git a/aep/general/0004/aep.yaml b/aep/general/0004/aep.yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+id: 4
+slug: resource-types
+state: approved
+created: 2023-11-15
+placement:
+  category: resources
diff --git a/common-components/json_schema/x-aep-resource.yaml b/common-components/json_schema/x-aep-resource.yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+$schema: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema
+$id: https://aep.dev/common-components/json_schema/x-aep-resource.yaml
+title: AEP Resource
+description: |
+  Describes a resource exposed by an API.
+type: object
+required:
+  - type
+  - singular
+  - plural
+  - pattern
+additionalProperties: false
+properties:
+  type:
+    type: string
+    description: |
+      A string that describes the resource type.
+  singular:
+    type: string
+    description: |
+      The singular of the resource.
+  plural:
+    type: string
+    description: |
+      The plural of the resource.
+  pattern:
+    description: |
+      A list of possible resource paths that are used to identify the resource.
+    type: array
+    items:
+      type: string