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title: glossaryTerm
slug: /main-concepts/metadata-standard/schemas/entity/data/glossaryterm
---

# GlossaryTerm

*This schema defines te Glossary term entities.*

## Properties

- **`id`**: Unique identifier of a glossary term instance. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/uuid](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/uuid)*.
- **`name`**: Preferred name for the glossary term. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName)*.
- **`displayName`** *(string)*: Display Name that identifies this glossary.
- **`description`**: Description of the glossary term. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown)*.
- **`style`**: Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/style](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/style)*.
- **`fullyQualifiedName`**: A unique name that identifies a glossary term. It captures name hierarchy of glossary of terms in the form of `glossaryName.parentTerm.childTerm`. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName)*.
- **`synonyms`** *(array)*: Alternate names that are synonyms or near-synonyms for the glossary term.
  - **Items**: Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName)*.
- **`glossary`**: Glossary that this term belongs to. Refer to *[../../type/entityReference.json](#/../type/entityReference.json)*.
- **`parent`**: Parent glossary term that this term is child of. When `null` this term is the root term of the glossary. Refer to *[../../type/entityReference.json](#/../type/entityReference.json)*.
- **`children`**: Other glossary terms that are children of this glossary term. Refer to *[../../type/entityReferenceList.json](#/../type/entityReferenceList.json)*.
- **`relatedTerms`**: Other glossary terms that are related to this glossary term. Refer to *[../../type/entityReferenceList.json](#/../type/entityReferenceList.json)*.
- **`references`** *(array)*: Link to a reference from an external glossary.
  - **Items**: Refer to *[../../entity/data/glossaryTerm.json#/definitions/termReference](#/../entity/data/glossaryTerm.json#/definitions/termReference)*.
- **`version`**: Metadata version of the entity. Refer to *[../../type/entityHistory.json#/definitions/entityVersion](#/../type/entityHistory.json#/definitions/entityVersion)*.
- **`updatedAt`**: Last update time corresponding to the new version of the entity in Unix epoch time milliseconds. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/timestamp](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/timestamp)*.
- **`updatedBy`** *(string)*: User who made the update.
- **`href`**: Link to the resource corresponding to this entity. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/href](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/href)*.
- **`reviewers`**: User names of the reviewers for this glossary. Refer to *[../../type/entityReferenceList.json](#/../type/entityReferenceList.json)*.
- **`owners`**: Owners of this glossary term. Refer to *[../../type/entityReferenceList.json](#/../type/entityReferenceList.json)*.
- **`usageCount`** *(integer)*: Count of how many times this and it's children glossary terms are used as labels.
- **`tags`** *(array)*: Tags associated with this glossary term. These tags captures relationship of a glossary term with a tag automatically. As an example a glossary term 'User.PhoneNumber' might have an associated tag 'PII.Sensitive'. When 'User.Address' is used to label a column in a table, 'PII.Sensitive' label is also applied automatically due to Associated tag relationship. Default: `[]`.
  - **Items**: Refer to *[../../type/tagLabel.json](#/../type/tagLabel.json)*.
- **`changeDescription`**: Change that lead to this version of the entity. Refer to *[../../type/entityHistory.json#/definitions/changeDescription](#/../type/entityHistory.json#/definitions/changeDescription)*.
- **`status`**: Status of the glossary term. Refer to *[#/definitions/status](#definitions/status)*.
- **`deleted`** *(boolean)*: When `true` indicates the entity has been soft deleted. Default: `false`.
- **`provider`**: Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/providerType](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/providerType)*.
- **`disabled`** *(boolean)*: System glossary can't be deleted. Use this flag to disable them.
- **`mutuallyExclusive`** *(boolean)*: Glossary terms that are children of this term are mutually exclusive. When mutually exclusive is `true` only one term can be used to label an entity from this group. When mutually exclusive is `false`, multiple terms from this group can be used to label an entity. Default: `"false"`.
- **`extension`**: Entity extension data with custom attributes added to the entity. Refer to *[../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityExtension](#/../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityExtension)*.
- **`domain`**: Domain the Glossary Term belongs to. When not set, the Glossary TErm inherits the domain from the Glossary it belongs to. Refer to *[../../type/entityReference.json](#/../type/entityReference.json)*.
- **`dataProducts`**: List of data products this entity is part of. Refer to *[../../type/entityReferenceList.json](#/../type/entityReferenceList.json)*.
- **`votes`**: Votes on the entity. Refer to *[../../type/votes.json](#/../type/votes.json)*.
- **`childrenCount`** *(integer)*: Count of immediate children glossary terms.
## Definitions

- **`termReference`** *(object)*: Cannot contain additional properties.
  - **`name`** *(string)*: Name that identifies the source of an external glossary term. Example `HealthCare.gov`.
  - **`endpoint`** *(string, format: uri)*: Name that identifies the source of an external glossary term. Example `HealthCare.gov`.
- **`status`** *(string)*: Must be one of: `["Draft", "In Review", "Approved", "Deprecated", "Rejected"]`.


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