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Mandy Chessell updated ATLAS-1095:
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    Description: 
Atlas provides a common approach to metadata management and governance across 
all systems and data within an organization.  Today Atlas provides access to 
metadata.   A connector provides access to a data source.  As connectors are 
the proxy of all data, they can also be explicit providers of metadata.   

This JIRA proposes an open connector framework to manage connectors that 
provide access to both data and the metadata Atlas provides together through a 
single connector interface.  

This will help data tools to to better the exchange of information between 
platforms. It also offers new opportunities for the consistent enforcement of 
the governance policies and rules (e.g., rules of visibility).  Source 
connector/connection metadata provides the nucleus around which all other 
metadata describing the data builds.  

Introducing this framework:

The Connector Broker is used to access to (finding and instantiating) a 
connector instance. 

Provides extension API supporting both partial and incremental adoption of the 
framework by existing connector provider runtimes allowing connector 
providers/contributors to adapt what they have vs re-write.

Introducing the APIs for metadata-enabled open connectors:

Provides an API for the normalized access to the metadata describing a 
connector (asset type, connection type).  This is called the Asset OMAS

The key personas using the framework are the tool developers and developers.

As a connector developer, I want to create a new connector (or register an 
existing connector) to plug into the framework so that I can retrieve and 
manage metadata about what the source provides and ensure data used from that 
source has governance policies (e.g., rules of visibility) consistently 
configured and enforced. 

The tool developer uses a connector available through the framework to 
implement an application. Leveraging the APIs of the connector framework 
applications will be able to find relevant sources systems and connect to them. 



  was:
Atlas is intended to provide a common approach to data governance and lineage 
across all systems and data within an organization.  Today Atlas provides 
access to metadata.   A connector provides access to a data source.  As 
connectors are the proxy of all data, they can also be explicit providers of 
metadata.   An open connector framework is being proposed to provide access to 
both data and the metadata Atlas provides together – the framework being the 
point at which data and metadata can be associated. This will help to better 
the exchange of information between platforms. It also offers new opportunities 
for the consistent enforcement of the governance policies and rules (e.g., 
rules of visibility).  Source connector/connection metadata provides the 
nucleus around which all other metadata describing the data builds.  

Introducing this framework:

Provides the necessary broker capabilities for normalized access to (finding 
and instantiating) a connector instance. 

Provides extension API supporting both partial and incremental adoption of the 
framework by existing connector provider runtimes allowing connector 
providers/contributors to adapt what they have vs re-write.

Introducing the notion of metadata-enabled open connectors:

Provides an API for the normalized access to the metadata describing a 
connector (asset type, connection type)

Provides base APIs for creating new connectors of different types and 
interaction styles.

The key personas using the framework are the tool developers and developers.  

As a connector developer, I want to create a new connector (or register an 
existing connector) to plug into the framework so that I can retrieve and 
manage metadata about what the source provides and ensure data used from that 
source has governance policies (e.g., rules of visibility) consistently 
configured and enforced. 

The tool developer uses a connector available through the framework to 
implement an application. Leveraging the APIs of the connector framework 
applications will be able to find relevant sources systems and connect to them. 




> Open connector framework
> ------------------------
>
>                 Key: ATLAS-1095
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ATLAS-1095
>             Project: Atlas
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>    Affects Versions: 0.8-incubating
>            Reporter: Stephanie Hazlewood
>            Assignee: Mandy Chessell
>              Labels: VirtualDataConnector
>
> Atlas provides a common approach to metadata management and governance across 
> all systems and data within an organization.  Today Atlas provides access to 
> metadata.   A connector provides access to a data source.  As connectors are 
> the proxy of all data, they can also be explicit providers of metadata.   
> This JIRA proposes an open connector framework to manage connectors that 
> provide access to both data and the metadata Atlas provides together through 
> a single connector interface.  
> This will help data tools to to better the exchange of information between 
> platforms. It also offers new opportunities for the consistent enforcement of 
> the governance policies and rules (e.g., rules of visibility).  Source 
> connector/connection metadata provides the nucleus around which all other 
> metadata describing the data builds.  
> Introducing this framework:
> The Connector Broker is used to access to (finding and instantiating) a 
> connector instance. 
> Provides extension API supporting both partial and incremental adoption of 
> the framework by existing connector provider runtimes allowing connector 
> providers/contributors to adapt what they have vs re-write.
> Introducing the APIs for metadata-enabled open connectors:
> Provides an API for the normalized access to the metadata describing a 
> connector (asset type, connection type).  This is called the Asset OMAS
> The key personas using the framework are the tool developers and developers.
> As a connector developer, I want to create a new connector (or register an 
> existing connector) to plug into the framework so that I can retrieve and 
> manage metadata about what the source provides and ensure data used from that 
> source has governance policies (e.g., rules of visibility) consistently 
> configured and enforced. 
> The tool developer uses a connector available through the framework to 
> implement an application. Leveraging the APIs of the connector framework 
> applications will be able to find relevant sources systems and connect to 
> them. 



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