Out-of-the-box relation types

Updated: May 8, 2026

Collibra includes a number of out-of-the-box relation types that provide the foundational vocabulary and structure for building a cohesive and understandable network of data assets. They ensure consistency, accelerate implementation, and facilitate the effective use of the platform. Some relation types are managed by Collibra, meaning that they are system-managed and you can't edit their public ID or delete them. You can, however, edit their names, for example, to translate them into your preferred language.

The following table contains out-of-the-box relation types, which you can also find on the Relation types page in the Operating Model settings. To distinguish between explicit relation types and derived relation types, check the value in the Kind column: Explicit indicates that the relation type is an explicit relation type, and Derived indicates that the relation type is a derived relation type.

Note 
• If you create a technical lineage, relations of the type "Data Element targets / sources Data Element" are automatically created between certain assets. Any relations of this type that you manually create between relevant assets are deleted during the synchronization process. If you want to manually create these relations and ensure that they are maintained, you can create a custom technical lineage.
• The following relation types support the upcoming SAP Signavio integration, which will be available in a future release:
  • "Business Process has subprocess / is subprocess of Business Process"
  • "Signavio Dictionary assembles / is assembled in Signavio Dictionary"
  • "Signavio Folder assembles / is assembled in Signavio Folder"
  • "Signavio Folder contains / is contained in Business Process"

Head	Role	Co-role	Tail	Kind	System-managed	Public ID
AI Agent	has agent config stored in	contains config files for	Storage Container	Explicit	Yes	AIAgentContainsFileContainer
AI Agent	uses	is used by	AI Agent	Explicit	Yes	AIAgentUsesAIAgent
AI Agent	uses	is used by	AI Model Version	Explicit	Yes	AIAgentUsesAIModel
AI Base Model	has version	is version of	AI Model Version	Explicit	Yes	ModelHasVersion
AI Base Model	is provided by	provides	Vendor	Explicit	Yes	BaseModelProvidedByVendor
AI Base Model	trained by	trains	Asset	Explicit	Yes	FoundationalAIModelTrainedByAsset
AI Base Model	uses	is used by	AI Base Model	Explicit	Yes	FoundationalAIModelUsesFoundationalAIModel
AI Model Deployment	is exposed through	exposes	AI Endpoint	Explicit	Yes	DeploymentsExposedThroughEndpoint
AI Model Deployment	is monitored by	monitors	AI Monitor	Explicit	Yes	DeploymentMonitoredByAIMonitor
AI Model Deployment	produces	is produced by	Output Data	Explicit	Yes	ModelDeploymentToOutputData
AI Model Deployment	uses	is used by	Inference Data	Explicit	Yes	ModelDeploymentInfersFromInferenceData
AI Model Version	has model files stored in	contains model files for	Storage Container	Explicit	Yes	AIModelContainsFileContainer
AI Model Version	has output	is output	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AIModelHasOutputAsset
AI Model Version	infers from	used to infer	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AIModelInfersFromAsset
AI Model Version	is deployed by	is deployment of	AI Model Deployment	Explicit	Yes	ModelVersionIsDeployedByModelDeployment
AI Model Version	is deployment of	is deployed by	AI Base Model	Explicit	Yes	AIModelIsDeploymentOfFoundationalAIModel
AI Model Version	is provided by	provides	Vendor	Explicit	Yes	AIModelProvidedByVendor
AI Model Version	trained by	trains	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AIModelTrainedByAsset
AI Model Version	uses	is used by	AI Model Version	Explicit	Yes	AIModelUsesAIModel
AI Project	deploys	is deployed in	AI Model Version	Explicit	Yes	AIProjectDeploysAIModel
AI Use Case	has output	is output	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AIUseCaseHasOutputAsset
AI Use Case	infers from	used to infer	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AIUseCaseTransformsAsset
AI Use Case	trained by	trains	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AIUseCaseTrainedByAsset
AI Use Case	uses	is used by	AI Agent	Explicit	Yes	AIUseCaseUsesAIAgent
AI Use Case	uses	used in	AI Base Model	Explicit	Yes	AIUseCaseUsesBaseModel
AI Use Case	uses	used in	AI Model Version	Explicit	Yes	AIUseCaseUsesAIModel
AI Use Case	uses	is used by	AI Project	Explicit	Yes	AIUseCaseUsesAIProject
Assessment Review	is a retake of	is retaken by	Assessment Review	Explicit	Yes	AssessmentReviewIsARetakeOfAssessmentReview
Asset	complies to	applies to	Governance Asset	Explicit	Yes	AssetCompliesToGovernanceAsset
Asset	governed by	governs	Governance Asset	Explicit	Yes	AssetGovernedByGovernanceAsset
Asset	is assessed by	assesses	Assessment Review	Explicit	Yes	AssetIsAssessedByAssessmentReview
Asset	is essential for	requires	Data Usage	Explicit	Yes	AssetIsEssentialForDataUsage
Asset	related to	impacted by	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AssetRelatedToAsset
Asset	specializes	generalizes	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AssetSpecializesAsset
Asset	uses	used in	Asset	Explicit	Yes	AssetUsesAsset
BI Data Model	contains	is part of	BI Data Attribute	Explicit	Yes	BIDataModelContainsBIDataAttribute
BI Data Model	is source for	sources	BI Data Model	Explicit	Yes	BIDataModelIsSourceForBIDataModel
BI Folder	assembles	is assembled in	BI Folder	Explicit	Yes	BIFolderAssemblesBIFolder
BI Folder	contains	contained in	Data Asset	Explicit	Yes	BIFolderContainsDataAsset
BI Report	contains	is contained in	BI Data Model	Explicit	Yes	BIReportContainsBIDataModel
Business Asset	groups	grouped by	Business Asset	Explicit	Yes	BusinessAssetGroupsBusinessAsset
Business Asset	has acronym	is acronym for	Acronym	Explicit	Yes	BusinessAssetHasAcronymAcronym
Business Asset	represents	represented by	Data Asset	Explicit	Yes	BusinessAssetRepresentsDataAsset
Business Dimension	classifies	is classified by	Asset	Explicit	Yes	BusinessDimensionClassifiesAsset
Business Dimension	groups	is grouped into	Report	Explicit	Yes	BusinessDimensionGroupsReport
Business Dimension	source	is source of	System	Explicit	Yes	BusinessDimensionSourceSystem
Business Process	consumes	is consumed by	Business Asset	Explicit	Yes	BusinessProcessConsumesBusinessAsset
Business Process	produces	is produced by	Business Asset	Explicit	Yes	BusinessProcessProducesBusinessAsset
Business Qualifier	qualifies	is qualified by	Asset	Explicit	Yes	BusinessQualifierQualifiesAsset
Business Term	allowed value	allowed value of	Business Term	Explicit	Yes	BusinessTermAllowedValueBusinessTerm
Business Term	has code	is code for	Code Value	Explicit	Yes	BusinessTermHasCodeCodeValue
Business Term	synonym	synonym of	Business Term	Explicit	Yes	BusinessTermSynonymBusinessTerm
Code Set	source of	source	Crosswalk	Explicit	Yes	CodeSetSourceOfCrosswalk
Code Set	target of	target	Crosswalk	Explicit	Yes	CodeSetTargetOfCrosswalk
Code Value	groups	grouped by	Code Value	Explicit	Yes	CodeValueGroupsCodeValue
Code Value	is part of	contains	Code Set	Explicit	Yes	CodeValueIsPartOfCodeSet
Column	is part of	contains	Table	Explicit	Yes	ColumnIsPartOfTable
Column	is source for	is target of	Data Attribute	Explicit	Yes	ColumnIsSourceForDataAttribute
Compliance Target	complies to	applies to	Policy	Explicit	Yes	ComplianceTargetCompliesToPolicy
Data Asset	contains	is contained by	Column	Explicit	Yes	DataAssetContainsColumn
Data Asset	groups	is grouped by	Data Asset	Explicit	Yes	DataAssetGroupsDataAsset
Data Asset	implemented in	implements	Technology Asset	Explicit	Yes	DataAssetImplementedInTechnologyAsset
Data Asset	is essential for	is constrained by	Data Usage	Explicit	Yes	DataAssetIsEssentialForDataUsage
Data Asset	is source for	source	BI Report	Explicit	Yes	DataAssetIsSourceForBIReport
Data Asset	represents	is represented by	Table	Explicit	Yes	DataAssetRepresentsTable
Data Attribute	represents	represented by	Column	Explicit	Yes	DataAttributeRepresentsColumn
Data Contract	governs functioning of	should operate according to	Data Product Port	Explicit	Yes	DataContractGovernsFunctioningOfOutputPort
Data Contract	information to be provided	is mentioned in the terms of	Data Attribute	Explicit	Yes	DataContractPrescribesProvisioningOfDataAttribute
Data Domain	has subtype	is subtype of	Data Domain	Explicit	Yes	DataDomainHasSubtypeDataDomain
Data Element	allowed value	allowed value for	Code Value	Explicit	Yes	DataElementAllowedValueCodeValue
Data Element	allowed value set	applies to	Code Set	Explicit	Yes	DataElementAllowedValueSetCodeSet
Data Element	is part of	contains	Data Structure	Explicit	Yes	DataElementIsPartOfDataStructure
Data Element	targets	sources	Data Element	Explicit	Yes	DataElementTargetsDataElement
Data Entity	contains	is part of	Data Attribute	Explicit	Yes	DataEntityContainsDataAttribute
Data Entity	is part of	contains	Data Model	Explicit	Yes	DataEntityIsPartOfDataModel
Data Model	contains	is used in	Column	Explicit	No	DataModelContainsColumn
Data Product	exposes	is exposed in	Data Category	Explicit	Yes	DataProductExposesDataCategory
Data Product	exposes data as	is output port for	Data Product Port	Explicit	Yes	DataProductHasOutputPort
Data Product	is explained in	explains	Data Notebook	Explicit	Yes	DataProductIsExplainedInDataNotebook
Data Product	relates to	is related to	Business Term	Explicit	Yes	DataProductRelatesToBusinessTerm
Data Product	relates to	is related to	Data Domain	Explicit	Yes	DataProductRelatesToDataDomain
Data Product	relates to	is related to	Measure	Explicit	Yes	DataProductRelatesToMeasure
Data Product Input	implements	is implemented as	Data Product Input Port	Explicit	Yes	AssetImplementsInputPort
Data Product Port	is implemented as	implements	Data Product Port Asset	Explicit	Yes	OutputPortImplementedByAsset
Data Product Port	is implemented by	implements	System	Explicit	Yes	DataProductPortIsImplementedBySystem
Data Product Port	is input port for	consumes data through	Data Product	Explicit	Yes	InputPortForDataProduct
Data Quality Rule	allowed value	allowed value for	Code Value	Explicit	Yes	DataQualityRuleAllowedValueCodeValue
Data Quality Rule	allowed value set	allowed value set for	Code Set	Explicit	Yes	DataQualityRuleAllowedValueSetCodeSet
Data Quality Rule	classified by	classifies	Data Quality Dimension	Explicit	Yes	DataQualityRuleClassifiedByDataQualityDimension
Data Quality Rule	executed by	executes	Data Quality Metric	Explicit	Yes	DataQualityRuleExecutedByDataQualityMetric
Data Quality Rule	governs	is governed by	Column	Explicit	Yes	DataQualityRuleGovernsColumn
Data Quality Rule	governs	is governed by	Data Element	Explicit	Yes	DataQualityRuleGovernsDataElement
Data Quality Rule	governs	is governed by	Data Quality Job	Explicit	Yes	DataQualityRuleGovernsDataQualityJob
Data Quality Rule	is executed by	executes	Data Quality Metric	Explicit	Yes	DataQualityRuleIsExecutedByDataQualityMetric
Data Set	contains	is part of	Data Element	Explicit	Yes	DataSetContainsDataElement
Data Set	related to	impacted by	Business Asset	Explicit	Yes	DataSetRelatedToBusinessAsset
Data Sharing Agreement	is requested by	requests	Business Dimension	Explicit	Yes	DataSharingAgreementIsRequestedByBusinessDimension
Data Structure	source of	source	Mapping Specification	Explicit	Yes	DataStructureSourceOfMappingSpecification
Data Structure	target of	target	Mapping Specification	Explicit	Yes	DataStructureTargetOfMappingSpecification
Data Usage	is required by	requires	Data Sharing Agreement	Explicit	Yes	DataUsageIsRequiredByDataSharingAgreement
Database	is queried by	queries	Data Notebook	Explicit	Yes	DataQueriedInNotebook
Databricks Schema	contains	is part of	Databricks Volume	Explicit	Yes	DatabricksSchemaContainsDatabricksVolume
File	contains	is part of	Field	Explicit	Yes	FileContainsField
Governance Asset	groups	is grouped by	Governance Asset	Explicit	Yes	GovernanceAssetGroupsGovernanceAsset
Governance Asset	resolves	resolved by	Issue	Explicit	Yes	GovernanceAssetResolvesIssue
Governance Asset	violated by	violates	Issue	Explicit	Yes	GovernanceAssetViolatedByIssue
Issue	categorized by	categorizes	Issue Category	Explicit	Yes	IssueCategorizedByIssueCategory
Issue	has duplicate	is duplicate for	Issue	Explicit	Yes	IssueHasDuplicateIssue
Issue	impacts	impacted by	Asset	Explicit	Yes	IssueImpactsAsset
Line of Business	associates	is associated with	Business Asset	Explicit	Yes	LineOfBusinessAssociatesBusinessAsset
Managed Control	enforces	is enforced by	Policy	Explicit	Yes	ManagedControlEnforcesPolicy
Managed Control	mitigates	is mitigated by	Risk	Explicit	Yes	ManagedControlMitigatesRisk
Measure	is calculated using	is used to calculate	Critical Data Element	Explicit	Yes	MeasureIsCalculatedUsingCriticalDataElement
Measure	is calculated using	is used to calculate	Data Element	Explicit	Yes	MeasureIsCalculatedUsingDataElement
Model	is target of	is source for	Table	Explicit	Yes	DataModelContainsTable
Policy	is enforced by	enforces	Rule	Explicit	Yes	PolicyIsEnforcedByRule
Report	contains	is contained in	Critical Data Element	Explicit	Yes	ReportContainsCriticalDataElement
Report	groups	is grouped into	Report	Explicit	Yes	ReportGroupsReport
Report	related to	is impacted by	Business Asset	Explicit	Yes	ReportRelatedToBusinessAsset
Report	uses	used in	Data Attribute	Explicit	Yes	ReportUsesDataAttribute
Report	uses	used in	Report	Explicit	Yes	ReportUsesReport
Report	uses	used in	Report Attribute	Explicit	Yes	ReportUsesReportAttribute
Report Attribute	contained in	contains	Report	Explicit	Yes	ReportAttributeContainedInReport
Report Attribute	is source for	is target of	Report Attribute	Explicit	Yes	ReportAttributeIsSourceForReportAttribute
Report Attribute	sourced from	is source of	Data Attribute	Explicit	Yes	ReportAttributeSourcedFromDataAttribute
Role Type	is responsible for	is responsibility of	Asset	Explicit	Yes	RoleTypeIsResponsibleForAsset
Rule	is implemented by	implements	Business Rule	Explicit	Yes	RuleIsImplementedByBusinessRule
Rule Target	is governed by	governs	Rule	Explicit	Yes	RuleTargetIsGovernedByRule
SAP Data Product	belongs to	has data product	SAP Datasphere Space	Explicit	Yes	SapDataProductBelongsToSapDatasphereSpace
SAP Datasphere Space	contains	is part of	Data Asset	Explicit	Yes	SapDatasphereSpaceContainsDataAsset
Schema	contains	is part of	Table	Explicit	Yes	SchemaContainsTable
Server	hosts	is hosted in	Business Dimension	Explicit	Yes	ServerHostsBusinessDimension
Standard	is included in	includes	Policy	Explicit	Yes	StandardIsIncludedInPolicy
Storage Container	contains	contained in	File	Explicit	Yes	FileContainerContainsFile
Storage Container	contains	is part of	Storage Element	Explicit	Yes	StorageContainerContainsStorageElement
System	implements	is implemented in	Data Model	Explicit	Yes	SystemImplementsDataModel
System	implements	is implemented in	Data Set	Explicit	Yes	SystemImplementsDataSet
Table	is part of	contains	Database	Explicit	Yes	TableIsPartOfDatabase
Table	is source for	is derived from	Database View	Explicit	Yes	TableIsSourceForDatabaseView
Tableau Workbook	contains	contained in	Tableau Data Model	Explicit	Yes	TableauWorkbookContainsTableauDataModel
Technology Asset	groups	is grouped by	Technology Asset	Explicit	Yes	TechnologyAssetGroupsTechnologyAsset
Technology Asset	has	belongs to	Schema	Explicit	Yes	TechnologyAssetHasSchema
Technology Asset	source system for	source system	Business Term	Explicit	Yes	TechnologyAssetSourceSystemForBusinessTerm
Technology Asset	source system for	source system	Data Asset	Explicit	Yes	TechnologyAssetSourceSystemForDataAsset
Technology Asset	system of record for	system of record	Business Term	Explicit	Yes	TechnologyAssetSystemOfRecordForBusinessTerm
Technology Asset	system of record for	system of record	Data Asset	Explicit	Yes	TechnologyAssetSystemOfRecordForDataAsset
Technology Asset	system of use for	system of use	Business Term	Explicit	Yes	TechnologyAssetSystemOfUseForBusinessTerm
Technology Asset	system of use for	system of use	Data Asset	Explicit	Yes	TechnologyAssetSystemOfUseForDataAsset
Vendor	provides	is provided by	Data Product	Explicit	Yes	ProviderOfDataProduct
AI Base Model	has inference category	is inference category of	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AIBaseModelInfersFromDataCategory
AI Base Model	has output category	is output category of	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AIBaseModelHasOutputDataCategory
AI Base Model	has training category	is training category of	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AIBaseModelIsTrainedByDataCategory
AI Model Version	complies to	applies to	Policy	Derived	Yes	AiModelCompliesToPolicy
AI Model Version	has inference category	is inference category of	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AIModelVersionInfersFromDataCategory
AI Model Version	has output category	is output category of	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AIModelVersionHasOutputDataCategory
AI Model Version	has training category	is training category of	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AIModelVersionIsTrainedByDataCategory
AI Use Case	complies to	applies to	Policy	Derived	Yes	AiUseCaseCompliesToPolicy
AI Use Case	has output	is output of	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AiUseCaseHasOutputDataCategory
AI Use Case	infers from	infers	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AiUseCaseUsesInfersFromDataCategory
AI Use Case	is trained by	trains	Data Category	Derived	Yes	AiUseCaseIsTrainedByDataCategory
Critical Data Element	is categorized by	categorizes	Data Category	Derived	Yes	CriticalDataElementIsCategorizedByDataCategory
Critical Data Element	is sourced from	is source of	Technology Asset	Derived	Yes	CriticalDataElementIsSourcedFromTechnologyAsset
Data Entity	represents	represented by	Table	Derived	Yes	DataEntityRepresentsTable
Data Product	is categorized by	categorizes	Data Category	Derived	Yes	DataProductIsCategorizedByDataCategory
Data Product Port	is categorized by	categorizes	Data Category	Derived	Yes	DataProductOutputPortIsCategorizedByDataCategory
Data Product Port	is implemented by	implements	Table	Derived	Yes	DataProductOutputPortIsImplementedByTable
Measure Source	is used to calculate	is calculated using	Measure	Derived	Yes	MeasureSourceIsUsedToCalculateMeasure
Referencing Asset	refers to	is referred to	Business Asset	Derived	Yes	ReferencingAssetRefersToBusinessAsset