authoritative definitions
# Copyright 2026 The Bitol Contributors
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
version: 1.0.0
kind: DataContract
id: 9a4b1c2d-3e5f-4a7b-8c9d-1e2f3a4b5c6d
apiVersion: v3.2.0
status: active
name: catalog_with_authoritative_definitions
description:
purpose: Show authoritativeDefinitions blocks at multiple scopes (root, schema element, schema property), exercising every recommended `type`.
# Root-level: canonicalUrl must point at the contract itself.
authoritativeDefinitions:
- url: https://github.com/bitol-io/open-data-contract-standard/blob/main/docs/examples/authoritative-definitions/authoritative-definitions.odcs.yaml
type: canonicalUrl
description: Canonical URL of this data contract.
- url: https://catalog.example.com/contracts/catalog
type: businessDefinition
schema:
- name: products
physicalType: table
description: Product master.
# Element-level: link to glossary, video, tutorial.
authoritativeDefinitions:
- url: https://glossary.example.com/products
type: businessDefinition
description: Business glossary entry for the product master table.
- url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq6SxdsIHHE
type: videoTutorial
description: Walk-through of the product schema.
- url: https://docs.example.com/onboarding/products
type: tutorial
properties:
- name: id
primaryKey: true
primaryKeyPosition: 1
logicalType: string
physicalType: VARCHAR(36)
- name: price
logicalType: number
# Property-level: link to the implementation that derives this value.
authoritativeDefinitions:
- url: https://github.com/example/pipelines/blob/main/dbt/models/products.sql
type: transformationImplementation
description: dbt model that computes `price`.
- url: https://github.com/example/pricing-lib
type: implementation