Tabular Data Set¶

A Tabular Data Set is a collection of data that is organized in a tabular format. It is typically a view over a tabular data store such as an Apache Parquet file, CSV File, or relational database table. Alternatively, it may represent a query that returns a tabular result. For example, the Open Metadata Digital Product Catalog uses tabular data sets to support digital products based on open metadata.

A Tabular Data Set Collection is a collection of related tabular data sets. For example, aa database schema is a collections of database tables and a file directory can hold a collection of CSV of Parquet files.

Implementation¶

Egeria's Open Connector Framework (OCF) defines a standard connector interface for accessing different implementations of a tabular data set and tabular data set collection. This means that governance action services and integration connectors can operate on tabular data stored in many types of technologies without needing to know the specifics of the underlying technology.

Typically, the tabular data set connectors for a particular technology type are implemented as a pair: one for the tabular data set itself, and one for a collection of tabular data sets. For example, the connector for a CSV file-based tabular data set has a companion connector that supports a file directory (folder) of CSV Files. Similarly, the connector for a PostgreSQL table-based tabular data set has a companion connector for a PostgreSQL Schema that manages a collection of PostgreSQL tables.

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