Connected Asset Open Metadata Access Service (OMAS)

The Connected Asset OMAS implements the ConnectedAssetProperties API that is available on every OCF connector.

An OCF connector is a connector that supports the open connector framework (OCF). It has 3 sets of APIs:

• An API to return properties about the connector and its connection
• An API to access the asset it connects to
• An API to access the metadata about the asset the connector is used to access

The Connected Asset OMAS is the third 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).

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

• getAssetSummary - returns the summary information organized in the assetSummary structure.
• getAssetDetail - returns detailed information about the asset organized in the assetDetail structure.
• getAssetUniverse - returns all of the common metadata properties connected to the asset such as its schma, meanings and platform.

These structures are defined in the OCF module as POJO property objects.