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Area 1 of the open metadata model covers the basic types of asset that need to be governed in order to make best use of them.  It builds out the core types of assets, extending from Asset, Infrastructure, DataSet and Process defined in 0010 Base Model.   Figure 1 shows the structure of the model files for area 1.  New classes and packages for this area are coloured blue.

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In Area 0 we introduced the definitions for a server with an endpoint (model 0040).  The server could host data and APIs.  The Open Connector Framework (OCF) provides client java classes called connectors to enable an application, tool or engine to access this data and other deployed functions.   A connection Connection metadata entity contains the configuration information to allow the OCF's Connector Broker to select and configure the appropriate a client application or tool to connect to a particular endpoint.  The ConnectorType defines which connector implementation should be used to connect to the endpoint.  The KeystoreProperties securedProperties holds authentication properties such as userId and password.  They are securely stored to protect the assets.  If they are missing then the security credentials of the current user are used with the connection.

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