Glossaries

A Glossary is a collection of business terms and definitions that provides a shared vocabulary across an organization. Glossaries help ensure consistent understanding of business concepts and data semantics.

Entity schema follows the OpenMetadata Standard.

Fully Qualified Name

The FQN format for a glossary is:

glossaryName

For example: BusinessGlossary

API Endpoints

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

Domain Versions

Create a Glossary

​Glossaries

​Fully Qualified Name

​API Endpoints

Glossaries

Fully Qualified Name

API Endpoints