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This component is complete and can be used. The interfaces will be supported until the function is removed from the project via the deprecation process. There will be ongoing extensions to this function, but it will be done to ensure backward compatibility as far as possible. If there is a need to break backward compatibility, this will be discussed and reviewed in the community, with a documented timeline.

Template Manager OMVS

The Template Manager Open Metadata View Services (OMVS) is a REST API designed to support user interfaces (UIs) that support the management of templates that are used when creating new metadata.

The Template classification

Specification properties

Specification properties are attached to templates to guide people when using a template. They define which values need to be supplied in order to use the template successfully.

There are two types of specification properties:

  • replacementAttribute - Name of attribute that should be provided when using the attached template. Replacement attributes map to the root entity of the template, or, the first occurrence of the attribute in attached relationships, classifications or entities.
  • placeholderProperty - Placeholder names are located through the attribute values found in a template. They are identified with double braces, for example {{variableName}}. The value supplied is substituted for the placeholder variable.

They can be attached to a template, and maintained through the Valid Metadata API.

Linking templates to technology types

The Automated Curation API supports the retrieval of the templates and connectors that support a particular type of technology. It uses the valid metadata values for []

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