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* Move Relationship type to json-schema * Replace Relationship with EntityRelationshipType (backward compatible) * Add documentation about entity relationship
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# Relationship
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## Introduction
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Within OpenMetadata we have predefined relationship types. The Relationship enum captures all the relationships between entities.
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The relationship enum is described in the [entityRelationship](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/blob/main/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/json/schema/type/entityRelationship.json) json-schema.
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## Relationship Types
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### CONTAINS
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CONTAINS relationship is a stronger relationship than HAS. The entity that contains other entities can't be deleted until all the entities that it contains are also deleted. Some examples of these relationships:
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- Database --- contains --> Table
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- DatabaseService --- contains --> Database
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- MessagingService --- contains --> Topic
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- PipelineService --- contains --> Pipeline
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- DashboardService --- contains --> Charts
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- DashboardService --- contains --> Dashboard
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- Role --- contains --> Policy
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### CREATED
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User/Bot --- created ---> Thread
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### REPLIED_TO
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User/Bot --- repliedTo ---> Thread
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### IS_ABOUT
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Thread --- isAbout ---> Entity
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### ADDRESSED_TO
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Thread --- addressedTo ---> User/Team
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### MENTIONED_IN
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User, Team, Data assets --- mentionedIn ---> Thread
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### TESTED_BY
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Entity --- testedBy ---> Test
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### USES
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- {Dashboard|Pipeline|Query} --- uses ---> Table
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- {User} --- uses ---> {Table|Dashboard|Query}
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- {MlModel} --- uses ---> {Dashboard}
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### OWNS
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{User|Team|Org} --- owns ---> {Table|Dashboard|Query}
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### PARENT_OF
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{Role} --- parentOf ---> {Role}
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### HAS
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HAS relationship is a weaker relationship compared to CONTAINS relationship. The entity that has HAS another entity can be deleted. During deletion, the HAS relationship is simply deleted. Examples of HAS relationship:
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- Team --- has --> User
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- User --- has ---> Role
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- Table --- has ---> Location
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- Database --- has ---> Location
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- Dashboard --- has ---> Chart
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### FOLLOWS
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{User} --- follows ----> {Table, Database, Metrics...}
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### JOINED_WITH
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{Table.Column...} --- joinedWith ---> {Table.Column}
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### UPSTREAM
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Used for Lineage relationships
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- {Table1} --- upstream ---> {Table2} (Table1 is used for creating Table2}
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- {Pipeline} --- upstream ---> {Table2} (Pipeline creates Table2)
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- {Table} --- upstream ---> {Dashboard} (Table was used to create Dashboard)
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### APPLIED_TO
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Used to describe Policy relationships
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Policy --- appliedTo ---> Location (Policy1 is applied to Location1)
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