A Resource class to create JSON API resource objects. This is abstract, first define a prototype using Resource.extend({ type: entity }). Model prototypes are registered in the container as factories, they use the options: { instantiate: false, singleton: false }. So, to create a model instance use the owner API method _lookupFactory('model:name')† then create():

let model = Ember.getOwner(this)._lookupFactory('model:entity').create({ attributes: { key: value } });

† Note: eventually factoryFor will replace _lookupFactory

See http://jsonapi.org/format/#document-resource-objects