MetadataChangeProposal

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/MetadataChangeProposal",
  "title": "MetadataChangeProposal",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "A metadata change proposal (MCP) representing a proposed change to the metadata graph. MCPs are the standard format for ingesting metadata into DataHub and are processed asynchronously.",
  "required": [
    "entityUrn",
    "entityType",
    "aspectName",
    "changeType",
    "aspect"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "entityUrn": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The unique URN identifier for the target entity.",
      "example": "urn:li:dataset:(urn:li:dataPlatform:hive,SampleHiveDataset,PROD)"
    },
    "entityType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of the target entity.",
      "example": "dataset"
    },
    "aspectName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the aspect being changed.",
      "example": "datasetProperties"
    },
    "changeType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of change being proposed.",
      "enum": [
        "UPSERT",
        "CREATE",
        "DELETE",
        "RESTATE"
      ]
    },
    "aspect": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The new aspect value following its PDL schema definition."
    },
    "systemMetadata": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SystemMetadata"
    }
  }
}