diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c721b7ffc3d..81cf02a4009 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,20 @@ - [License](#license) # What is OpenMetadata? -[OpenMetadata](https://open-metadata.org/) is an Open standard for metadata with a centralized metadata store that unifies all the data assets and metadata end-to-end to power data discovery, user collaboration, and tool interoperability. +[OpenMetadata](https://open-metadata.org/) is an Open standard for metadata with a centralized metadata store that unifies all the data assets and metadata end-to-end to power data discovery, user collaboration, and tool interoperability. +![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1417689/129423079-d21cbf3f-786f-4d4a-b6c3-b66feca234b8.png) + +OpenMetadata includes the following: + +Metadata schemas - defines core abstractions and vocabulary for metadata with schemas for Types, Entities, Relationships between entities. This is the foundation of the Open Metadata Standard. + +Metadata store - stores metadata graph that connects data assets, user and tool generated metadata. + +Metadata APIs - for producing and consuming metadata built on schemas for User Interfaces and Integration of tools, systems, and services. + +Ingestion framework - a pluggable framework for integrating tools and ingesting metadata to the metadata store. Ingestion framework already supports well know data warehouses - Google BigQuery, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, and Apache Hive, and databases - MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, and MSSQL. + +OpenMetadata User Interface - one single place for users to discover, and collaborate on all data. ## Our Mission