OpenMetadata · Schema

Topic

Data CatalogMetadataData GovernanceData LineageData QualityOpen-SourceData DiscoveryData Observability

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string
name	string
fullyQualifiedName	string
displayName	string
description	string
version	number
updatedAt	integer
updatedBy	string
impersonatedBy	string
service	object
serviceType	string
messageSchema	object
partitions	integer
cleanupPolicies	array
retentionTime	number
replicationFactor	integer
maximumMessageSize	integer
minimumInSyncReplicas	integer
retentionSize	number
topicConfig	object
sampleData	object
owners	array
followers	array
tags	array
href	string
changeDescription	object
incrementalChangeDescription	object
deleted	boolean
extension	object
sourceUrl	string
domains	array
dataProducts	array
dataContract	object
votes	object
lifeCycle	object
certification	object
sourceHash	string
entityStatus	string
provider	string
children	array
style	object
experts	array
reviewers	array
usageSummary	object

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JSON Schema

{
  "required": [
    "id",
    "name",
    "partitions",
    "service"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid"
    },
    "name": {
      "maxLength": 256,
      "minLength": 1,
      "pattern": "^((?!::).)*$",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "fullyQualifiedName": {
      "maxLength": 3072,
      "minLength": 1,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "displayName": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double"
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int64"
    },
    "updatedBy": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "impersonatedBy": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "service": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
    },
    "serviceType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Kafka",
        "Redpanda",
        "Kinesis",
        "PubSub",
        "CustomMessaging"
      ]
    },
    "messageSchema": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MessageSchema"
    },
    "partitions": {
      "minimum": 1,
      "exclusiveMinimum": false,
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int32"
    },
    "cleanupPolicies": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "delete",
          "compact"
        ]
      }
    },
    "retentionTime": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double"
    },
    "replicationFactor": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int32"
    },
    "maximumMessageSize": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int32"
    },
    "minimumInSyncReplicas": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int32"
    },
    "retentionSize": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double"
    },
    "topicConfig": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TopicConfig"
    },
    "sampleData": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TopicSampleData"
    },
    "owners": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
      }
    },
    "followers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
      }
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TagLabel"
      }
    },
    "href": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "changeDescription": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ChangeDescription"
    },
    "incrementalChangeDescription": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ChangeDescription"
    },
    "deleted": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "extension": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "sourceUrl": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "domains": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
      }
    },
    "dataProducts": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
      }
    },
    "dataContract": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
    },
    "votes": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Votes"
    },
    "lifeCycle": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/LifeCycle"
    },
    "certification": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AssetCertification"
    },
    "sourceHash": {
      "maxLength": 32,
      "minLength": 1,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "entityStatus": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Draft",
        "In Review",
        "Approved",
        "Archived",
        "Deprecated",
        "Rejected",
        "Unprocessed"
      ]
    },
    "provider": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "system",
        "user",
        "automation"
      ]
    },
    "children": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
      }
    },
    "style": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Style"
    },
    "experts": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
      }
    },
    "reviewers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityReference"
      }
    },
    "usageSummary": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UsageDetails"
    }
  },
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openmetadata/main/json-schema/topic.json"
}

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