Metadata Manager Custom Metadata Integration Guide

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Load Template Components

The load template is an XML file that consists of multiple XML elements. Each element describes a component of the load template.

The load template contains the following components:

Mapping rules: Rules that map the content of a metadata source file to the model. You can create one mapping rule for each class. You can group mapping rules into a mapping rule set. You create the rule definitions in the load template. When you configure the resource, you can apply the mapping rules and mapping rule sets to the appropriate metadata source files.
Conditions: Conditions that filter the rows that are loaded from the metadata source file for a specific class, class attribute, association, or lineage association.
Classes: Classes that map to objects in the metadata source file.
Properties: Class properties that map to object attributes in the metadata source file.
Associations: Associations between each class of objects and another class of objects. You can create more than one association for each class of objects.
Lineage associations: Associations between two classes of objects that enable data lineage between the two sets of objects. The objects must be within the same resource. You can use rule-based links to enable data lineage between objects from different resources.