diff --git a/docs/how/metadata-modelling.md b/docs/how/metadata-modelling.md index edfe7263d1..fe26a8cfe7 100644 --- a/docs/how/metadata-modelling.md +++ b/docs/how/metadata-modelling.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # How to model metadata ? -[GMA](../what/gma.md) uses [rest.li](https://rest.li), which is LinkedIn's open source REST framework. -All metadata in GMA needs to be modelled using [Pegasus schema (PDSC)](https://linkedin.github.io/rest.li/DATA-Data-Schema-and-Templates) which is the data schema for [rest.li](https://rest.li). +[GMA](../what/gma.md) uses [rest.li](https://rest.li), which is LinkedIn's open source REST framework. All metadata in GMA needs to be modelled using [Pegasus schema (PDSC)](https://linkedin.github.io/rest.li/DATA-Data-Schema-and-Templates) which is the data schema for [rest.li](https://rest.li). -Conceptually we’re modelling metadata as a hybrid graph of nodes ([entities](../what/entity.md)) and edges ([relationships](../what/relationship.md)), with additional documents ([metadata aspects](../what/aspect.md)) attached to each node. -Below is an an example graph consisting of 3 types of entities (User, Group, Dataset), 3 types of relationships (OwnedBy, HasAdmin, HasMember), and 3 types of metadata aspects (Ownership, Profile, and Membership). +Conceptually we’re modelling metadata as a hybrid graph of nodes ([entities](../what/entity.md)) and edges ([relationships](../what/relationship.md)), with additional documents ([metadata aspects](../what/aspect.md)) attached to each node. You can also think of it as a modified [Entity-Relationship Model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity%E2%80%93relationship_model). -![metadata-modeling](../imgs/metadata-modeling.png) \ No newline at end of file +Here is an an example metadata graph consisting of 3 types of entities (User, Group, Dataset), 3 types of relationships (OwnedBy, HasAdmin, HasMember), and 3 types of metadata aspects (Ownership, Profile, and Membership). + +![metadata-modeling](../imgs/metadata-modeling.png)