Open Metadata Archive

An open metadata archive is a document containing open metadata type definitions and instances.

The open metadata archive has two uses:

• A Content Pack: reusable definitions that are generally useful.
• A Metadata Export: an export of metadata from a repository. Used to transfer metadata between repositories that are not connected to the same cohort.

Typically open metadata archives are encoded in JSON format and stored in a file. However, both the format and storage method can be changed by changing the open metadata archive connector.

More information about open metadata archives can be found in the open-metadata-archives module.

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