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Relationship

A named edge connecting two entities in the metadata graph.

Data CatalogData DiscoveryData GovernanceData LineageMetadata

Properties

Name	Type	Description
type	string	The relationship type name, such as OwnedBy, Contains, DownstreamOf, or Produces.
entity	string	The URN of the related entity.
direction	string	The traversal direction of this relationship.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/Relationship",
  "title": "Relationship",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "A named edge connecting two entities in the metadata graph.",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The relationship type name, such as OwnedBy, Contains, DownstreamOf, or Produces.",
      "example": "DownstreamOf"
    },
    "entity": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The URN of the related entity.",
      "example": "urn:li:dataset:(urn:li:dataPlatform:hive,OtherDataset,PROD)"
    },
    "direction": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The traversal direction of this relationship.",
      "enum": [
        "INCOMING",
        "OUTGOING"
      ]
    }
  }
}