Domains

A Domain is a bounded context that represents a business area or organizational unit. Domains provide a way to organize and group data assets by business function, enabling decentralized data ownership.

Entity schema follows the OpenMetadata Standard.

Domain Types

Domains can be one of three types:

Type	Description
`Source-aligned`	Domains aligned with the source systems that produce data
`Consumer-aligned`	Domains aligned with the teams or applications that consume data
`Aggregate`	Domains that aggregate data from multiple sources

Fully Qualified Name

The FQN format for a domain is:

domainName

For nested domains:

parent.child

For example: Marketing or Engineering.DataPlatform

API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
`PUT`	`/v1/domains`	Create or update a domain
`POST`	`/v1/domains`	Create a domain (POST variant)
`GET`	`/v1/domains`	List domains
`GET`	`/v1/domains/{id}`	Get by ID
`GET`	`/v1/domains/name/{fqn}`	Get by FQN
`PATCH`	`/v1/domains/{id}`	Update by ID
`PATCH`	`/v1/domains/name/{fqn}`	Update by name
`DELETE`	`/v1/domains/{id}`	Delete by ID
`DELETE`	`/v1/domains/name/{fqn}`	Delete by name
`PUT`	`/v1/domains/restore`	Restore soft-deleted domain
`GET`	`/v1/domains/{id}/versions`	List versions
`GET`	`/v1/domains/{id}/versions/{version}`	Get specific version

Data Product Versions

Create a Domain

​Domains

​Domain Types

​Fully Qualified Name

​API Endpoints

Domains

Domain Types

Fully Qualified Name

API Endpoints