diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/config/builders/data_system/lazy_load_builder.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/config/builders/data_system/lazy_load_builder.hpp
index abe68288c..b6945a770 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/config/builders/data_system/lazy_load_builder.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/config/builders/data_system/lazy_load_builder.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <launchdarkly/server_side/config/built/data_system/lazy_load_config.hpp>
-#include <launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_pull_source.hpp>
+#include <launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_data_reader.hpp>
 
 #include <launchdarkly/error.hpp>
 
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ namespace launchdarkly::server_side::config::builders {
  * another SDK) is necessary.
  */
 struct LazyLoadBuilder {
-    using SourcePtr =
-        std::shared_ptr<data_interfaces::ISerializedDataPullSource>;
+    using SourcePtr = std::shared_ptr<data_interfaces::ISerializedDataReader>;
     using EvictionPolicy = built::LazyLoadConfig::EvictionPolicy;
     /**
      * \brief Constructs a new LazyLoadBuilder.
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ struct LazyLoadBuilder {
 
     /**
      * \brief Specify the source of the data.
-     * \param source Component implementing ISerializedDataPullSource.
+     * \param source Component implementing ISerializedDataReader.
      * \return Reference to this.
      */
     LazyLoadBuilder& Source(SourcePtr source);
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/config/built/data_system/lazy_load_config.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/config/built/data_system/lazy_load_config.hpp
index e4517def4..855ff2c51 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/config/built/data_system/lazy_load_config.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/config/built/data_system/lazy_load_config.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_pull_source.hpp>
+#include <launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_data_reader.hpp>
 
 #include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ struct LazyLoadConfig {
 
     EvictionPolicy eviction_policy;
     std::chrono::milliseconds eviction_ttl;
-    std::shared_ptr<server_side::data_interfaces::ISerializedDataPullSource>
-        source;
+    std::shared_ptr<data_interfaces::ISerializedDataReader> source;
 };
 }  // namespace launchdarkly::server_side::config::built
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_pull_source.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_data_reader.hpp
similarity index 82%
rename from libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_pull_source.hpp
rename to libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_data_reader.hpp
index 7d7280fd4..ad6f98197 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_pull_source.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/include/launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_data_reader.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_interfaces {
 
 /**
- * Interface for a data source that provides feature flags and related data in a
+ * Interface for a data reader that provides feature flags and related data in a
  * serialized form.
  *
  * This interface should be used for database integrations, or any other data
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_interfaces {
  *
  * Implementations must be thread-safe.
  */
-class ISerializedDataPullSource {
+class ISerializedDataReader {
    public:
-    virtual ~ISerializedDataPullSource() = default;
-    ISerializedDataPullSource(ISerializedDataPullSource const& item) = delete;
-    ISerializedDataPullSource(ISerializedDataPullSource&& item) = delete;
-    ISerializedDataPullSource& operator=(ISerializedDataPullSource const&) =
+    virtual ~ISerializedDataReader() = default;
+    ISerializedDataReader(ISerializedDataReader const& item) = delete;
+    ISerializedDataReader(ISerializedDataReader&& item) = delete;
+    ISerializedDataReader& operator=(ISerializedDataReader const&) =
         delete;
-    ISerializedDataPullSource& operator=(ISerializedDataPullSource&&) = delete;
+    ISerializedDataReader& operator=(ISerializedDataReader&&) = delete;
 
     struct Error {
         std::string message;
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ class ISerializedDataPullSource {
     virtual bool Initialized() const = 0;
 
    protected:
-    ISerializedDataPullSource() = default;
+    ISerializedDataReader() = default;
 };
 }  // namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_interfaces
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/server-sdk/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b2bb6fc9..fbbb2c910 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ target_sources(${LIBNAME}
         data_components/expiration_tracker/expiration_tracker.cpp
         data_components/memory_store/memory_store.hpp
         data_components/memory_store/memory_store.cpp
+        data_components/serialization_adapters/json_data_reader.hpp
+        data_components/serialization_adapters/json_data_reader.cpp
         data_systems/background_sync/sources/noop/null_data_source.hpp
         data_systems/background_sync/sources/noop/null_data_source.cpp
         data_systems/background_sync/sources/polling/polling_data_source.hpp
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_data_reader.cpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_data_reader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c14a1672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_data_reader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "json_data_reader.hpp"
+
+#include <launchdarkly/serialization/json_flag.hpp>
+#include <launchdarkly/serialization/json_segment.hpp>
+
+#include <launchdarkly/server_side/integrations/serialized_item_descriptor.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/json.hpp>
+
+namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_components {
+
+JsonDataReader::JsonDataReader(data_interfaces::ISerializedDataReader& reader)
+    : flag_kind_(), segment_kind_(), reader_(reader) {}
+
+data_interfaces::IDataReader::Single<data_model::FlagDescriptor>
+JsonDataReader::GetFlag(std::string const& key) const {
+    return Deserialize<data_model::Flag>(flag_kind_, key);
+}
+
+data_interfaces::IDataReader::Single<data_model::SegmentDescriptor>
+JsonDataReader::GetSegment(std::string const& key) const {
+    return Deserialize<data_model::Segment>(segment_kind_, key);
+}
+
+data_interfaces::IDataReader::Collection<data_model::FlagDescriptor>
+JsonDataReader::AllFlags() const {
+    // TODO: deserialize then return
+}
+
+data_interfaces::IDataReader::Collection<data_model::SegmentDescriptor>
+JsonDataReader::AllSegments() const {
+    // TODO: deserialize then return
+}
+
+std::string const& JsonDataReader::Identity() const {
+    return reader_.Identity();
+}
+
+}  // namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_components
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_pull_source.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_data_reader.hpp
similarity index 85%
rename from libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_pull_source.hpp
rename to libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_data_reader.hpp
index ade66da82..3d3f69558 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_pull_source.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_data_reader.hpp
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "../../data_interfaces/source/ipull_source.hpp"
+#include "../../data_interfaces/source/idata_reader.hpp"
 #include "../kinds/kinds.hpp"
 
-#include <launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_pull_source.hpp>
+#include <launchdarkly/server_side/data_interfaces/sources/iserialized_data_reader.hpp>
 
 namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_components {
 
-class JsonSource final : public data_interfaces::IPullSource {
+class JsonDataReader final : public data_interfaces::IDataReader {
    public:
-    explicit JsonSource(
-        data_interfaces::ISerializedDataPullSource& json_source);
+    explicit JsonDataReader(data_interfaces::ISerializedDataReader& reader);
 
     [[nodiscard]] Single<data_model::FlagDescriptor> GetFlag(
         std::string const& key) const override;
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ class JsonSource final : public data_interfaces::IPullSource {
     Single<data_model::ItemDescriptor<DataModel>> Deserialize(
         DataKind const& kind,
         std::string const& key) const {
-        auto result = source_.Get(kind, key);
+        auto result = reader_.Get(kind, key);
 
         if (!result) {
             /* the actual fetch failed */
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ class JsonSource final : public data_interfaces::IPullSource {
 
     FlagKind const flag_kind_;
     FlagKind const segment_kind_;
-    data_interfaces::ISerializedDataPullSource& source_;
+    data_interfaces::ISerializedDataReader& reader_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_components
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_pull_source.cpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_pull_source.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a854148e..000000000
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_components/serialization_adapters/json_pull_source.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#include "json_pull_source.hpp"
-
-#include <launchdarkly/serialization/json_flag.hpp>
-#include <launchdarkly/serialization/json_segment.hpp>
-
-#include <launchdarkly/server_side/integrations/serialized_descriptors.hpp>
-
-#include <boost/json.hpp>
-
-namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_components {
-
-JsonSource::JsonSource(data_interfaces::ISerializedDataPullSource& json_source)
-    : flag_kind_(), segment_kind_(), source_(json_source) {}
-
-
-data_interfaces::IPullSource::ItemResult<data_model::FlagDescriptor>
-JsonSource::GetFlag(std::string const& key) const {
-    return Deserialize<data_model::Flag>(flag_kind_, key);
-}
-
-data_interfaces::IPullSource::ItemResult<data_model::SegmentDescriptor>
-JsonSource::GetSegment(std::string const& key) const {
-    return Deserialize<data_model::Segment>(segment_kind_, key);
-}
-
-data_interfaces::IPullSource::AllResult<data_model::FlagDescriptor>
-JsonSource::AllFlags() const {
-    // TODO: deserialize then return
-
-}
-
-data_interfaces::IPullSource::AllResult<data_model::SegmentDescriptor>
-JsonSource::AllSegments() const {
-    // TODO: deserialize then return
-}
-
-std::string const& JsonSource::Identity() const {
-    return source_.Identity();
-}
-
-bool JsonSource::Initialized() const {
-    return source_.Initialized();
-}
-
-}  // namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_components
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces.cpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces.cpp
index 48f6e36ac..030e9b2c5 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces.cpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "data_interfaces/destination/idestination.hpp"
 #include "data_interfaces/destination/iserialized_destination.hpp"
-#include "data_interfaces/source/ipull_source.hpp"
-#include "data_interfaces/source/ipush_source.hpp"
+#include "data_interfaces/source/idata_reader.hpp"
+#include "data_interfaces/source/idata_synchronizer.hpp"
 #include "data_interfaces/store/istore.hpp"
 #include "data_interfaces/system/idata_system.hpp"
 
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/ipull_source.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/idata_reader.hpp
similarity index 83%
rename from libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/ipull_source.hpp
rename to libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/idata_reader.hpp
index d6fd142c6..8829daddb 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/ipull_source.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/idata_reader.hpp
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_interfaces {
 
 /**
- * \brief IPullSource obtains data on-demand. Calls to obtain data may fail, so
+ * \brief IDataReader obtains data on-demand. Calls to obtain data may fail, so
  * the getter methods use tl::expected in order to propagate error codes.
  *
- * The IPullSource does not perform caching, so parent components must be
+ * The IDataReader does not perform caching, so parent components must be
  * careful to avoid repeatedly fetching data (i.e. use a cache.)
  *
  */
-class IPullSource {
+class IDataReader {
    public:
     using Error = std::string;
 
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ class IPullSource {
      */
     [[nodiscard]] virtual std::string const& Identity() const = 0;
 
-    virtual ~IPullSource() = default;
-    IPullSource(IPullSource const& item) = delete;
-    IPullSource(IPullSource&& item) = delete;
-    IPullSource& operator=(IPullSource const&) = delete;
-    IPullSource& operator=(IPullSource&&) = delete;
+    virtual ~IDataReader() = default;
+    IDataReader(IDataReader const& item) = delete;
+    IDataReader(IDataReader&& item) = delete;
+    IDataReader& operator=(IDataReader const&) = delete;
+    IDataReader& operator=(IDataReader&&) = delete;
 
    protected:
-    IPullSource() = default;
+    IDataReader() = default;
 };
 
 }  // namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_interfaces
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/ipush_source.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/idata_synchronizer.hpp
similarity index 71%
rename from libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/ipush_source.hpp
rename to libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/idata_synchronizer.hpp
index fd24538c5..ea2facf25 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/ipush_source.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_interfaces/source/idata_synchronizer.hpp
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_interfaces {
 
 /**
- * \brief IPushSource obtains data via a push synchronization mechanism,
- * updating a local cache whenever changes are made upstream.
+ * \brief IDataSynchronizer obtains data via a background synchronization
+ * mechanism, updating a local cache whenever changes are made upstream.
  */
-class IPushSource {
+class IDataSynchronizer {
    public:
     /**
      * \brief Initialize the source, optionally with an initial data set. Init
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ class IPushSource {
      */
     [[nodiscard]] virtual std::string const& Identity() const = 0;
 
-    virtual ~IPushSource() = default;
-    IPushSource(IPushSource const& item) = delete;
-    IPushSource(IPushSource&& item) = delete;
-    IPushSource& operator=(IPushSource const&) = delete;
-    IPushSource& operator=(IPushSource&&) = delete;
+    virtual ~IDataSynchronizer() = default;
+    IDataSynchronizer(IDataSynchronizer const& item) = delete;
+    IDataSynchronizer(IDataSynchronizer&& item) = delete;
+    IDataSynchronizer& operator=(IDataSynchronizer const&) = delete;
+    IDataSynchronizer& operator=(IDataSynchronizer&&) = delete;
 
    protected:
-    IPushSource() = default;
+    IDataSynchronizer() = default;
 };
 
 }  // namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_interfaces
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/background_sync_system.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/background_sync_system.hpp
index 7c551573f..0403a7845 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/background_sync_system.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/background_sync_system.hpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "../../data_components/change_notifier/change_notifier.hpp"
 #include "../../data_components/memory_store/memory_store.hpp"
 #include "../../data_components/status_notifications/data_source_status_manager.hpp"
-#include "../../data_interfaces/source/ipush_source.hpp"
+#include "../../data_interfaces/source/idata_synchronizer.hpp"
 #include "../../data_interfaces/system/idata_system.hpp"
 
 #include <launchdarkly/data_model/descriptors.hpp>
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ class BackgroundSync final : public data_interfaces::IDataSystem {
     data_components::ChangeNotifier change_notifier_;
     // Needs to be shared to that the source can keep itself alive through
     // async operations.
-    std::shared_ptr<data_interfaces::IPushSource> synchronizer_;
+    std::shared_ptr<data_interfaces::IDataSynchronizer> synchronizer_;
 };
 }  // namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_systems
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/noop/null_data_source.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/noop/null_data_source.hpp
index cd4619928..695eb7198 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/noop/null_data_source.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/noop/null_data_source.hpp
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "../../../../data_components/status_notifications/data_source_status_manager.hpp"
-#include "../../../../data_interfaces/source/ipush_source.hpp"
+#include "../../../../data_interfaces/source/idata_synchronizer.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/asio/any_io_executor.hpp>
 
 namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_systems {
 
-class NullDataSource : public data_interfaces::IPushSource {
+class NullDataSource : public data_interfaces::IDataSynchronizer {
    public:
     explicit NullDataSource(
         boost::asio::any_io_executor exec,
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/polling/polling_data_source.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/polling/polling_data_source.hpp
index 0b87706ae..5dd668cb5 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/polling/polling_data_source.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/polling/polling_data_source.hpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "../../../../data_components/status_notifications/data_source_status_manager.hpp"
 #include "../../../../data_interfaces/destination/idestination.hpp"
-#include "../../../../data_interfaces/source/ipush_source.hpp"
+#include "../../../../data_interfaces/source/idata_synchronizer.hpp"
 
 #include <launchdarkly/server_side/config/built/all_built.hpp>
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_systems {
 
 class PollingDataSource
-    : public data_interfaces::IPushSource,
+    : public data_interfaces::IDataSynchronizer,
       public std::enable_shared_from_this<PollingDataSource> {
    public:
     PollingDataSource(config::built::ServiceEndpoints const& endpoints,
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/streaming/streaming_data_source.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/streaming/streaming_data_source.hpp
index f16861ff0..1a455b66e 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/streaming/streaming_data_source.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/background_sync/sources/streaming/streaming_data_source.hpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "../../../../data_components/status_notifications/data_source_status_manager.hpp"
 #include "../../../../data_interfaces/destination/idestination.hpp"
-#include "../../../../data_interfaces/source/ipush_source.hpp"
+#include "../../../../data_interfaces/source/idata_synchronizer.hpp"
 
 #include <launchdarkly/config/shared/built/data_source_config.hpp>
 #include <launchdarkly/config/shared/built/http_properties.hpp>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 namespace launchdarkly::server_side::data_systems {
 
 class StreamingDataSource final
-    : public data_interfaces::IPushSource,
+    : public data_interfaces::IDataSynchronizer,
       public std::enable_shared_from_this<StreamingDataSource> {
    public:
     StreamingDataSource(
diff --git a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/lazy_load/lazy_load_system.hpp b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/lazy_load/lazy_load_system.hpp
index 49db2573d..697b77b8e 100644
--- a/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/lazy_load/lazy_load_system.hpp
+++ b/libs/server-sdk/src/data_systems/lazy_load/lazy_load_system.hpp
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ class LazyLoad : public data_interfaces::IDataSystem {
     }
 
     mutable data_components::MemoryStore cache_;
-    std::shared_ptr<data_interfaces::ISerializedDataPullSource> raw_source_;
-    data_components::JsonSource source_;
+    std::shared_ptr<data_interfaces::ISerializedDataReader> raw_source_;
+    data_components::JsonDataReader source_;
 
     mutable data_components::ExpirationTracker tracker_;
     std::function<std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::steady_clock>()> time_;