Official docs outline
13 sections- Segment Basics
Sources, destinations, and the tracking data pipeline model.
- The Segment Spec
Semantic event specification: common fields and the six API calls.
- Identify
User identification, traits, anonymousId vs userId, and user profile handling.
- Track
Tracking events and properties, naming conventions, and event structure.
- Page, Screen and Group
Page and screen views, and associating users with groups or accounts.
- Sources
Collecting data from web, mobile, server, and cloud sources.
- Destinations
Routing data to destinations, mappings, and cloud-mode vs device-mode delivery.
- Protocols and Tracking Plans
Tracking plans, schema validation, violations, and data governance.
- Functions
Custom source and destination functions executed on Segment infrastructure.
- Warehouses and Storage
Loading event data into data warehouses, schemas, and sync behavior.
- Unify and Identity Resolution
Profiles, identity resolution rules, computed traits, and audiences.
- Privacy and Data Controls
Consent management, user deletion and suppression, and data regulations.
- Public API
Managing workspace resources programmatically through the Segment Public API.
Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.