OpenMetadata/docs/openmetadata-apis/schemas/entities/glossaryterm.md

GlossaryTerm

This schema defines te Glossary term entities.

$id:https//:open-metadata.org/schema/entity/data/glossaryTerm.json

Type: object

This schema does not accept additional properties.

Properties

• id required
  • Unique identifier of a glossary term instance.
  • $ref: ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/uuid
• name required
  • Preferred name for the glossary term.
  • $ref: #/definitions/name
• displayName
  • Display Name that identifies this glossary.
  • Type: string
• description
  • Description of the glossary term.
  • Type: string
• fullyQualifiedName
  • A unique name that identifies a glossary term. It captures name hierarchy of glossary of terms in the form of glossaryName.parentTerm.childTerm.
  • Type: string
  • Length: between 1 and 256
• synonyms
  • Alternate names that are synonyms or near-synonyms for the glossary term.
  • Type: array
    • Items
    • $ref: #/definitions/name
• glossary required
  • Glossary that this term belongs to.
  • $ref: ../../type/entityReference.json
• parent
  • Parent glossary term that this term is child of. When null this term is the root term of the glossary.
  • $ref: ../../type/entityReference.json
• children
  • Other glossary terms that are children of this glossary term.
  • $ref: ../../type/entityReference.json#/definitions/entityReferenceList
• relatedTerms
  • Other glossary terms that are related to this glossary term.
  • $ref: ../../type/entityReference.json#/definitions/entityReferenceList
• references
  • Link to a reference from an external glossary.
  • Type: array
    • Items
    • $ref: ../../entity/data/glossaryTerm.json#/definitions/termReference
• version
  • Metadata version of the entity.
  • $ref: ../../type/entityHistory.json#/definitions/entityVersion
• updatedAt
  • Last update time corresponding to the new version of the entity in Unix epoch time milliseconds.
  • $ref: ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/timestamp
• updatedBy
  • User who made the update.
  • Type: string
• href
  • Link to the resource corresponding to this entity.
  • $ref: ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/href
• reviewers
  • User names of the reviewers for this glossary.
  • $ref: ../../type/entityReference.json#/definitions/entityReferenceList
• tags
  • Tags for this glossary term.
  • Type: array
    • Items
    • $ref: ../../type/tagLabel.json
• changeDescription
  • Change that lead to this version of the entity.
  • $ref: ../../type/entityHistory.json#/definitions/changeDescription
• status
  • Status of the glossary term.
  • $ref: #/definitions/status
• deleted
  • When true indicates the entity has been soft deleted.
  • Type: boolean
  • Default: false

Type definitions in this schema

name

• Name that identifies a glossary term.
• Type: string
• Length: between 1 and 128

termReference

• Type: object
• This schema does not accept additional properties.
• Properties
  • name
    • Name that identifies the source of an external glossary term. Example HealthCare.gov.
    • Type: string
  • endpoint
    • Name that identifies the source of an external glossary term. Example HealthCare.gov.
    • Type: string
    • String format must be a "uri"

status

• Type: string
• The value is restricted to the following:
  1. "Draft"
  2. "Approved"
  3. "Deprecated"
• Default: "Draft"

This document was updated on: Monday, March 7, 2022