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Release 6.1 (expected September 2026)

These are DRAFT release notes. The notes will be updated until and when 6.1 is released

Open Metadata Types

The following changes have occurred to the open metadata types.

  • Specific subtypes for PersonRole and GovernanceRole have been deprecated. PersonRole has a new attribute called actorRoleGroups to allow specific groupings to be defined. Egeria includes a number of predefined groups in the CoreContentPack as ValidMetadataValues.

    • TeamMember - person who is a member of a team.
    • TeamLeader - person who is a leader of a team.
    • ProjectManager - person leading a project.
    • NoteLogAuthor - person controbuting to a note log.
    • CommunityMember - person eho is a member of a community.
    • CrowdSourceingContributor. - person eho part of a crowdsourcing effort.
    • GovernanceOfficer - person leading a governance domain.
    • GovernanceRepresentative - Describes an advisor or representative from a governance domain that is working with other roles to help them with their governance tasks.
    • LocationOwner - Describes a role that has specific responsibilities with respect to a location.
    • BusinessOwner - Describes a role that has specific responsibilities with respect to a business area or service.
    • SolutionOwner - Describes a role that has specific responsibilities with respect to a solution.
    • AssetOwner - Role responsible for the correct management of an asset.
    • SubjectAreaOwner - person responsible for the definitions within a subject area.
    • ComponentOwner - person responsible for a component such as a software module.
    • DataItemOwner - person responsible for the correctness of a particular type of data value throughout its lifetime. Often these data values flow between systems and the DataItemOwner must be sure it is correct in all places.
New View Service: Multi Language OMVS

Multi Language OMVS supports the attachments of translations for different languages to metadata instances.

New View Service: DevOps Pipeline OMVS

DevOps Pipeline OMVS supports the maintenance of infrastructure metadata when new software is deployed to production.