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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.

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Fully Qualified Name

The FQN format for a glossary is: 
glossaryName
For example: BusinessGlossary

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API Endpoints

MethodEndpointDescription
PUT/v1/glossariesCreate or update a glossary
POST/v1/glossariesCreate a glossary (POST variant)
GET/v1/glossariesList 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/restoreRestore soft-deleted glossary
GET/v1/glossaries/{id}/versionsList versions
GET/v1/glossaries/{id}/versions/{version}Get specific version