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managing changes across teams easier, by funneling all changes through a change management and review process.</p><p>To manage your glossary using Git, you can define it within a file and then use the DataHub CLI to ingest
it into DataHub whenever a change is made (e.g. on a <code>git commit</code> hook). For detailed information about the format of
the glossary file, and how to ingest it into DataHub, check out the <a href="/docs/generated/ingestion/sources/business-glossary">Business Glossary</a> source guide.</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="about-glossary-term-relationships">About Glossary Term Relationships<a href="#about-glossary-term-relationships" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to About Glossary Term Relationships" title="Direct link to About Glossary Term Relationships"></a></h2><p>DataHub supports 2 different kinds of relationships <em>between</em> individual Glossary Terms: <strong>Inherits From</strong> and <strong>Contains</strong>.</p><p><strong>Contains</strong> can be used to relate two Glossary Terms when one is a <em>superset</em> of or <em>consists</em> of another.
For example: <strong>Address</strong> Term <em>Contains</em> <strong>Zip Code</strong> Term, <strong>Street</strong> Term, &amp; <strong>City</strong> Term (<em>Has-A</em> style relationship)</p><p><strong>Inherits</strong> can be used to relate two Glossary Terms when one is a <em>sub-type</em> or <em>sub-category</em> of another.
For example: <strong>Email</strong> Term <em>Inherits From</em> <strong>PII</strong> Term (<em>Is-A</em> style relationship)</p><p>These relationship types allow you to map the concepts existing within your organization, enabling you to
change the mapping between concepts behind the scenes, without needing to change the Glossary Terms
that are attached to individual Data Assets and Columns.</p><p>For example, you can define a very specific, concrete Glossary Term like <code>Email Address</code> to represent a physical
data type, and then associate this with a higher-level <code>PII</code> Glossary Term via an <code>Inheritance</code> relationship.
This allows you to easily maintain a set of all Data Assets that contain or process <code>PII</code>, while keeping it easy to add
and remove new Terms from the <code>PII</code> Classification, e.g. without requiring re-annotation of individual Data Assets or Columns.</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="demo">Demo<a href="#demo" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Demo" title="Direct link to Demo"></a></h2><p>Check out <a href="https://demo.datahub.com/glossary" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">our demo site</a> to see an example Glossary and how it works!</p><h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="graphql">GraphQL<a href="#graphql" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to GraphQL" title="Direct link to GraphQL"></a></h3><ul><li><a href="/docs/graphql/mutations#addterm">addTerm</a></li><li><a href="/docs/graphql/mutations#addterms">addTerms</a></li><li><a href="/docs/graphql/mutations#batchaddterms">batchAddTerms</a></li><li><a href="/docs/graphql/mutations#removeterm">removeTerm</a></li><li><a href="/docs/graphql/mutations#batchremoveterms">batchRemoveTerms</a></li><li><a href="/docs/graphql/mutations#createglossaryterm">createGlossaryTerm</a></li><li><a href="/docs/graphql/mutations#createglossarynode">createGlossaryNode</a> (Term Group)</li></ul><p>You can easily fetch the Glossary Terms for an entity with a given its URN using the <strong>glossaryTerms</strong> property. Check out <a href="/docs/api/graphql/how-to-set-up-graphql#querying-for-glossary-terms-of-an-asset">Working with Metadata Entities</a> for an example.</p><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="resources">Resources<a href="#resources" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Resources" title="Direct link to Resources"></a></h2><ul><li><a href="https://medium.com/datahub-project/creating-a-business-glossary-and-putting-it-to-use-in-datahub-43a088323c12" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creating a Business Glossary and Putting it to use in DataHub</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/datahub-project/tags-and-terms-two-powerful-datahub-features-used-in-two-different-scenarios-b5b4791e892e" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tags and Terms: Two Powerful DataHub Features, Used in Two Different Scenarios</a></li></ul><h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id="feedback--questions--concerns">Feedback / Questions / Concerns<a href="#feedback--questions--concerns" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Feedback / Questions / Concerns" title="Direct link to Feedback / Questions / Concerns"></a></h2><p>We want to hear from you! For any inquiries, including Feedback, Questions, or Concerns, reach out on Slack!</p></div><footer class="theme-doc-footer docusaurus-mt-lg"><div class="slackUtm_uoBr"><div class="slackUtm_uoBr"><hr>Need more help? Join the conversation in <a href="https://datahub.com/slack?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_medium=footer&amp;utm_campaign=docs_footer&amp;utm_content=docs/glossary/business-glossary">Slack!</a></div></div><div class="theme-doc-footer-edit-meta-row row"><div class="col"><a href="https://github.com/datahub-project/datahub/blob/master/docs/glossary/business-glossary.md" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="theme-edit-this-page"><svg fill="currentColor" height="20" width="20" viewBox="0 0 40 40" class="iconEdit_Z9Sw" aria-hidden="true"><g><path d="m34.5 11.7l-3 3.1-6.3-6.3 3.1-3q0.5-0.5 1.2-0.5t1.1 0.5l3.9 3.9q0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1t-0.5 1.2z m-29.5 17.1l18.4-18.5 6.3 6.3-18.4 18.4h-6.3v-6.2z"></path></g></svg>Edit this page</a></div><div class="col lastUpdated_VsjB"></div></div></footer><div class="feedbackWrapper_mUHF"><div class="feedbackWidget_PX4d"><div class="feedbackButtons_wn3V"><strong>Is this page helpful?</strong><div><button class="feedbackButton_UgQs"><span role="img" aria-label="like" class="anticon anticon-like"><svg viewBox="64 64 896 896" focusable="false" data-icon="like" width="1em" height="1em" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M885.9 533.7c16.8-22.2 26.1-49.4 26.1-77.7 0-44.9-25.1-87.4-65.5-111.1a67.67 67.67 0 00-34.3-9.3H572.4l6-122.9c1.4-29.7-9.1-57.9-29.5-79.4A106.62 106.62 0 00471 99.9c-52 0-98 35-111.8 85.1l-85.
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