Backstage · Schema

EntityRelation

EntityRelation schema from Backstage catalog API

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
type	string	The type of relation.
targetRef	string	The entity reference of the target entity.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/backstage/refs/heads/main/json-schema/catalog-entity-relation-schema.json",
  "title": "EntityRelation",
  "description": "EntityRelation schema from Backstage catalog API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of relation.",
      "example": "ownedBy"
    },
    "targetRef": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The entity reference of the target entity.",
      "example": "group:default/my-team"
    }
  }
}

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