diff --git a/src/common/interceptors/set-taxii-date-headers.interceptor.ts b/src/common/interceptors/set-taxii-date-headers.interceptor.ts
index 7221f62..e3cf0e1 100644
--- a/src/common/interceptors/set-taxii-date-headers.interceptor.ts
+++ b/src/common/interceptors/set-taxii-date-headers.interceptor.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class SetTaxiiDateHeadersInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
         // (i.e., an EnvelopeDto instance or a ManifestDto instance)
         // The objects property will be either an envelope (Array<StixObjectPropertiesDto>) or a
         // manifest (Array<ManifestRecordDto>)
-        if (data.items) {
+        if (data.objects) {
           // ok cool - so we're about to send either an envelope or manifest to the user, which case we need
           // to set the headers which indicates the date_added timestamp of the first object and the last
           // object of the response.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class SetTaxiiDateHeadersInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
           switch (this.type) {
             case TaxiiDateFrom.ENVELOPE: {
               // get the array of objects from the response body
-              const stixObjects: StixObjectPropertiesInterface[] = data.items;
+              const stixObjects: StixObjectPropertiesInterface[] = data.objects;
               if (stixObjects.length >= 1) {
                 addedFirst = stixObjects[0].created;
                 addedLast = stixObjects[stixObjects.length - 1].created;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class SetTaxiiDateHeadersInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
               break;
             }
             case TaxiiDateFrom.MANIFEST: {
-              const manifestRecords: ManifestRecordDto[] = data.items;
+              const manifestRecords: ManifestRecordDto[] = data.objects;
               if (manifestRecords.length >= 1) {
                 addedFirst = manifestRecords[0].dateAdded;
                 addedLast =
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export class SetTaxiiDateHeadersInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
             }
             case TaxiiDateFrom.VERSIONS: {
               // TODO confirm this works then delete TODO: complete this block after version endpoint is implemented
-              const versions: string[] = data.items;
+              const versions: string[] = data.objects;
               if (versions.length >= 1) {
                 addedFirst = versions[0];
                 addedLast = versions[versions.length - 1];
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/discovery/dto/discovery-resource.ts b/src/taxii/providers/discovery/dto/discovery-resource.ts
index 44ecae2..04df887 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/discovery/dto/discovery-resource.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/discovery/dto/discovery-resource.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class DiscoveryResource extends OmitType(DiscoveryDto, []) {
 
   @ApiProperty({
     description:
-      "The default API Root that a TAXII Client MAY use. Absence of this property indicates that there is no default API Root. The default API Root MUST be an item in api_roots.",
+      "The default API Root that a TAXII Client MAY use. Absence of this property indicates that there is no default API Root. The default API Root MUST be an object in api_roots.",
     type: String,
     required: false,
   })
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/discovery/dto/discovery.dto.ts b/src/taxii/providers/discovery/dto/discovery.dto.ts
index 55d532a..fdc64dc 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/discovery/dto/discovery.dto.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/discovery/dto/discovery.dto.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class DiscoveryDto {
 
   /**
    * @descr       The default API Root that a TAXII Client MAY use. Absence of this property indicates that there
-   *              is no default API Root. The default API Root MUST be an item in api_roots.
+   *              is no default API Root. The default API Root MUST be an object in api_roots.
    * @type        string
    * @required    false
    */
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope-bundle.dto.ts b/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope-bundle.dto.ts
index d65fed1..b56f5e2 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope-bundle.dto.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope-bundle.dto.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class EnvelopeBundleDto
     for (let i = 0; i < this.pages.length; i++) {
       const curEnvelope: EnvelopeDto = this.pages[i];
       const curOldestObjectInEnvelope =
-        curEnvelope.items[curEnvelope.items.length - 1].created;
+        curEnvelope.objects[curEnvelope.objects.length - 1].created;
       if (new Date(curOldestObjectInEnvelope).toISOString() == addedAfter) {
         /** If the date matches the supplied added_after query parameter, then try to serve the *next*
                  envelope after this one, because the user wants all objects after the specified added_after date **/
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class EnvelopeBundleDto
           id: new IdentifierDto().toString(),
           more: false,
           next: undefined,
-          items: objects.slice(i, stop),
+          objects: objects.slice(i, stop),
         });
         if (this.pages.length > 0) {
           // If this is not the first envelope in the bundle, update prev before pushing the new envelope
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class EnvelopeBundleDto
         id: new IdentifierDto().toString(),
         more: false,
         next: undefined,
-        items: objects,
+        objects: objects,
       });
 
       // if this is not the first envelope in the bundle...
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope-resource.ts b/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope-resource.ts
index ac7a952..257b69b 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope-resource.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope-resource.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { StixObjectDto } from "src/stix/dto/stix-object.dto";
 export class EnvelopeResource extends OmitType(EnvelopeDto, [
   "id",
   "next",
-  "items",
+  "objects",
 ]) {
   @ApiProperty({
     description:
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope.dto.ts b/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope.dto.ts
index 25183be..bb2f081 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope.dto.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/envelope/dto/envelope.dto.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export interface EnvelopeConstructorOptions
   id?: string; // <-- INHERITED
   more?: boolean; // <-- INHERITED
   next?: string; // <-- INHERITED
-  items?: StixObjectPropertiesInterface[];
+  objects?: StixObjectPropertiesInterface[];
 }
 
 @Exclude()
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class EnvelopeDto
   @IsOptional()
   @Type(() => StixObjectDto)
   @Expose({ name: "objects" })
-  items: StixObjectPropertiesInterface[];
+  objects: StixObjectPropertiesInterface[];
 
   constructor(options: EnvelopeConstructorOptions) {
     super(options);
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/manifest/dto/manifest-resource.ts b/src/taxii/providers/manifest/dto/manifest-resource.ts
index 95840b0..ce0a8f8 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/manifest/dto/manifest-resource.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/manifest/dto/manifest-resource.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ManifestDto } from "./manifest.dto";
 import { ManifestRecordDto } from "./manifest-record.dto";
 import { ManifestRecordResource } from "./manifest-record-resource";
 
-export class ManifestResource extends OmitType(ManifestDto, ["id", "items"]) {
+export class ManifestResource extends OmitType(ManifestDto, ["id", "objects"]) {
   @ApiProperty({
     description:
       "This property identifies if there is more content available based on the search criteria. The absence of this property means the value is false.",
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class ManifestResource extends OmitType(ManifestDto, ["id", "items"]) {
 
   @ApiProperty({
     description:
-      "The list of manifest entries for objects returned by the request. If there are no manifest-record items in the list, this key MUST be omitted, and the response is an empty object.",
+      "The list of manifest entries for objects returned by the request. If there are no manifest-record objects in the list, this key MUST be omitted, and the response is an empty object.",
     type: [ManifestRecordResource],
     required: false,
   })
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/manifest/dto/manifest.dto.ts b/src/taxii/providers/manifest/dto/manifest.dto.ts
index 2308656..9c8b262 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/manifest/dto/manifest.dto.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/manifest/dto/manifest.dto.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export interface ManifestConstructorProperties
   id?: string; // <-- INHERITED
   more?: boolean; // <-- INHERITED
   next?: string; // <-- INHERITED
-  items?: ManifestRecordDto[];
+  objects?: ManifestRecordDto[];
 }
 
 export class ManifestDto
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class ManifestDto
   @IsOptional()
   @Type(() => ManifestRecordDto)
   @Expose({ name: "objects" })
-  items: ManifestRecordDto[];
+  objects: ManifestRecordDto[];
 
   constructor(options: ManifestConstructorProperties) {
     super(options);
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/pagination/dto/generic-page.dto.ts b/src/taxii/providers/pagination/dto/generic-page.dto.ts
index 968706a..9e63380 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/pagination/dto/generic-page.dto.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/pagination/dto/generic-page.dto.ts
@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@ export interface GenericPageOptions<T> {
   id?: string;
   more?: boolean;
   next?: string;
-  items?: T[];
+  objects?: T[];
 }
 
 export class GenericPageDto {
   id: string;
   more: boolean;
   next: string;
-  items: any[];
+  objects: any[];
 
   constructor(options: GenericPageOptions<any>) {
     this.id = options.id ? options.id : new IdentifierDto().toString();
     this.more = options.more ? options.more : false;
     this.next = options.next ? options.next : undefined;
-    this.items = options.items ? options.items : [];
+    this.objects = options.objects ? options.objects : [];
   }
 
   /**
-   * toJSON allows the controller to remove the items/objects property from the object if there are no elements in
+   * toJSON allows the controller to remove the objects property from the object if there are no elements in
    * the array. This is a requirement of the TAXII 2.1 specification.
    *
    * The specification states:
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ export class GenericPageDto {
    * property is required, the list MUST be present and MUST have at least one value.
    */
   toJSON() {
-    if (this.items.length === 0) {
-      this.items = undefined;
+    if (this.objects.length === 0) {
+      this.objects = undefined;
     }
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/pagination/interfaces/single-page.interface.ts b/src/taxii/providers/pagination/interfaces/single-page.interface.ts
index d289689..4f7e801 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/pagination/interfaces/single-page.interface.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/pagination/interfaces/single-page.interface.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ export class SinglePageInterface<T> {
   readonly id: string;
   readonly more: boolean;
   readonly next: string;
-  readonly items: T[];
+  readonly objects: T[];
 }
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/pagination/pagination.service.ts b/src/taxii/providers/pagination/pagination.service.ts
index def709f..4987d38 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/pagination/pagination.service.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/pagination/pagination.service.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ export class PaginationService {
    * Handles pagination of STIX object, manifest-record, and version string arrays. This is where all pagination logic
    * lives. The other class methods (which are public) call this method to process pages. They themselves just
    * transform the generic response object (an instance of GenericPageDto) to their respective resource types.
-   * @param items A list of either: ManifestRecordDto (if being called by the ManifestService), string (if being
+   * @param objects A list of either: ManifestRecordDto (if being called by the ManifestService), string (if being
    *              called by the VersionService), StixObjectPropertiesInterface (if being called by the EnvelopeService)
    * @param limit The number of objects that should be included on the page
    * @param next Specifies which page is being requested
    * @private
    */
   private async getPage(
-    items: any[],
+    objects: any[],
     limit?: number,
     next?: number
   ): Promise<GenericPageDto> {
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ export class PaginationService {
           this.constructor.name
         );
         /**
-         * The following `if` condition determines whether pagination is even possible for the supplied `items`,
+         * The following `if` condition determines whether pagination is even possible for the supplied `objects`,
          * `limit`, and `next` combination. For example, it is possible for the user to request a page that does not
          * exist.
          */
-        if (limit * next <= items.length) {
+        if (limit * next <= objects.length) {
           /**
            * Example:
-           * all_items = [a,b,c,d,e,f,g], length=7
+           * all_objects = [a,b,c,d,e,f,g], length=7
            * limit=2, next=2
            * resulting pages = {
            *  page-0: [a,b],
@@ -64,25 +64,25 @@ export class PaginationService {
            *  page-3: [g] <-- `isMore` determines if this page exists
            *  }
            *  We know there are additional pages after page-2 because:
-           *  - nextPage + currentPage < totalItems
-           *  - (limit) + (limit*next) < items.length
+           *  - nextPage + currentPage < totalobjects
+           *  - (limit) + (limit*next) < objects.length
            *  - (2) + (2*2) < 7
            *  - 6 < 7
            */
-          const isMore: boolean = limit + limit * next < items.length;
+          const isMore: boolean = limit + limit * next < objects.length;
 
           return new GenericPageDto({
             more: isMore,
             next: isMore ? String(next + 1) : undefined,
-            items: items.slice(limit * next, limit + limit * next),
+            objects: objects.slice(limit * next, limit + limit * next),
           });
         }
 
         /**
-         * The values for `next` and `limit` are invalid for the selected items array. Usually this happens as a result
+         * The values for `next` and `limit` are invalid for the selected objects array. Usually this happens as a result
          * of the user requesting a page that does not exist.
          *
-         * e.g., We have 10 items and want to paginate by 5 (limit=5). Therefore, there should be two pages. However,
+         * e.g., We have 10 objects and want to paginate by 5 (limit=5). Therefore, there should be two pages. However,
          * the user requested page 3 (next=3), resulting in an out of bounds exception. In this case, we return a 400
          * response.
          */
@@ -96,66 +96,66 @@ export class PaginationService {
         // Paginating by `limit`. This will only ever resolve to the first page, since `next` is the mechanism by which
         // we step through pages.
 
-        const isMore: boolean = limit < items.length;
+        const isMore: boolean = limit < objects.length;
 
         // Return page 1
         return new GenericPageDto({
           more: isMore,
           next: isMore ? "1" : undefined,
-          items: items.slice(0, limit),
+          objects: objects.slice(0, limit),
         });
       }
     }
 
     this.logger.debug(
-      "Pagination bypassed. Returning page containing all available items",
+      "Pagination bypassed. Returning page containing all available objects",
       this.constructor.name
     );
     return new GenericPageDto({
       more: false,
-      items: items,
+      objects: objects,
     });
   }
 
   /**
    * Paginates an array of STIX objects
-   * @param items The array of STIX objects that should be paginated
+   * @param objects The array of STIX objects that should be paginated
    * @param limit The number of objects that should be included on the page
    * @param next Specifies which page is being requested
    */
   async getEnvelope(
-    items: StixObjectPropertiesInterface[],
+    objects: StixObjectPropertiesInterface[],
     limit?: number,
     next?: number
   ): Promise<EnvelopeDto> {
-    return new EnvelopeDto(await this.getPage(items, limit, next));
+    return new EnvelopeDto(await this.getPage(objects, limit, next));
   }
 
   /**
    * Paginates an array of manifest records
-   * @param items The array of manifest records that should be paginated
+   * @param objects The array of manifest records that should be paginated
    * @param limit The number of manifest records that should be included on the page
    * @param next Specifies which page is being requested
    */
   async getManifest(
-    items: ManifestRecordDto[],
+    objects: ManifestRecordDto[],
     limit?: number,
     next?: number
   ): Promise<ManifestDto> {
-    return new ManifestDto(await this.getPage(items, limit, next));
+    return new ManifestDto(await this.getPage(objects, limit, next));
   }
 
   /**
    * Paginates an array of object versions
-   * @param items The array of object versions (which are just strings) that should be paginated
+   * @param objects The array of object versions (which are just strings) that should be paginated
    * @param limit The number of versions that should be included on the page
    * @param next Specifies which page is being requested
    */
   async getVersion(
-    items: string[],
+    objects: string[],
     limit?: number,
     next?: number
   ): Promise<VersionDto> {
-    return new VersionDto(await this.getPage(items, limit, next));
+    return new VersionDto(await this.getPage(objects, limit, next));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/version/dto/version.dto.ts b/src/taxii/providers/version/dto/version.dto.ts
index 112590d..ab6c991 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/version/dto/version.dto.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/version/dto/version.dto.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export interface VersionConstructorOptions extends GenericPageOptions<string> {
   id?: string; // <-- INHERITED
   more?: boolean; // <-- INHERITED
   next?: string; // <-- INHERITED
-  items?: string[];
+  objects?: string[];
 }
 
 export class VersionDto
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class VersionDto
   @IsOptional()
   @Type(() => String)
   @Expose({ name: "versions" })
-  items: string[];
+  objects: string[];
 
   constructor(options: VersionConstructorOptions) {
     super(options);
diff --git a/src/taxii/providers/version/dto/versions-resource.ts b/src/taxii/providers/version/dto/versions-resource.ts
index ac58f68..7bfda51 100644
--- a/src/taxii/providers/version/dto/versions-resource.ts
+++ b/src/taxii/providers/version/dto/versions-resource.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { VersionDto } from "src/taxii/providers/version/dto/version.dto";
 export class VersionsResource extends OmitType(VersionDto, [
   "id",
   "next",
-  "items",
+  "objects",
 ]) {
   @ApiProperty({
     description: