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The Connected Asset OMAS is an API that is available on implements the open metadata ConnectedAssetProperties API for an OCF connector.  An OCF connector is a connector that supports the Open Connector Framework (OCF). It has 3 two APIs:

• An API to access the asset it connects to
• An API to access the metadata about the asset the connector is used to access
• An API to access and use an audit log file for the asset
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The ConnectedAssetProperties The Connected Asset OMAS is the second API on an OCF connector - the one for the metadata about the asset.   It is a generic API for all types of open metadata assets. However, it assumes the asset's metadata model inherits from Asset (see model 0010 in Area 0).

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The Connected Asset OMAS returns metadata about the asset at three levels of detail:

• assetSummary Asset Summary - used for displaying details of the asset in summary lists or hover text
  • assetShortDescription Type - short description about the asset (assetSummary from ConnectionsToAsset - model 0105 in Area 1)assetTypeId - GUID for the information about the specific type of the asset
  • assetTypeName QualifiedName - official name of the asset type (name from the model
  • assetTypeVersion - version id of the type
  • Asset - model 0010 in Area 0)
  • ShortDescription - short description about assetName - official name of the asset (name assetSummary property from Asset ConnectionsToAsset relationship - model 0010 0105 in Area 02)
  • assetDescription Description - full description of the asset (description from Asset - model 0010)
  • assetOwner Owner - name of the person or organization that owns the asset (owner from Asset - model 0010)
  • assetClassifications Classifications - list of classifications assigned directly to the asset, or its schema/definitions

• assetDetail - Asset Detail - adds the following information to Asset Summary.  It is used to display all of the information known about the asset with summaries of the relationships to other metadata
  • assetSummary Properties - see aboveassetProperties - properties and structs nested structures for the asset (these are defined in the type model)
  • assetRelationships Relationships - summaries of the relationships to other assets

• assetUniverse - use Asset Universe - adds the following information to Asset Detail.  It is used to define the broader context for the asset
  • assetDetail - see above
  • assetInfrastructure Infrastructure - details of the underlying infrastructure supporting the asset (all from Area 0)
  • assetDefinitions Collaboration - details of the schema(s) and definitions associated with to the people, products and feedback that are connected to the asset (see Area 2 and Area 5 1 of the model)assetCollaboration
  • Definitions - details to the people, products and feedback that are connected to of the schema(s) and definitions associated with the asset (see Area 3 and Area 5 of the model)
  • assetGovernance Governance - the list of governance requirements, typically associated with the classifications associated with the asset (see Area 4 of the model).
  • assetAnnotations Annotations - details of the annotation added by the discovery services (see Area 6 of the model)
  • assetLineage Lineage - details of the lineage for the asset (see Area 7 of the model)

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The ConnectedAssetOMASAPI object supports the following methods/operations:

• getAssetSummary - returns the summary information organized in the assetSummary structure described above.
• getAssetDetail - returns detailed information about the asset organized in the assetDetail structure described above.
• getAssetUniverse - returns all of the detail of the asset and information connected to it in organized in the assetUniverse structure described above.
• addAssetTag - allows a new tag (private or public) to be added to the assets metadata (see model 0350 in Area 3).
• addAssetRating - allows a rating to be added to the asset (see model 0350 in Area 3).
• addAssetLike - add a "Like" to the asset (see model 0350 in Area 3).
• addAssetComment - add a comment to the asset (see model 0350 in Area 3).
• addAssetToCollection - add the asset to the requested collection (see model 0320 in Area 3).

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