Amazon S3 asset and domain types

The Amazon S3 file system integration of Collibra Data Intelligence Platform uses a specific subset of asset types. All of these come out of the box with your software.

Asset type Description

Domain type
Data Asset  Data Element 
Column

An atomic unit of data that can be stored in a database table.

Examples: FST_NM, EMPID
  • Physical Data Dictionary
  • Storage Catalog
Data Asset  Data Structure 
Table

An implementation of data entities in columns and rows, in a given database system. It is the basic structure of a relational database.

Examples: Account_tbl, CUST_ADDR
  • Physical Data Dictionary
  • Storage Catalog
Data Asset  Data Structure Table 
Database View

A Database View is a virtual table based on the result-set of an SQL statement.
  • Physical Data Dictionary
  • Storage Catalog
Technology Asset 
File Container

An asset type that represents a Cloud File Container.
  • Storage Catalog
  • Technology Asset Domain
Technology Asset  File Container
Directory

A collection of data that is treated by a computer as a unit, for the purposes of input and output.
  • Storage Catalog
  • Technology Asset Domain
Technology Asset  File Container
S3 Bucket

An asset type that represents an Amazon S3 Bucket, which is a logical unit of storage containing Amazon S3 Objects.

Storage Catalog
Technology Asset 
File Group

A collection of physical files which together represent a single logical file.

Storage Catalog
Technology Asset  System 
File Storage

An asset type that represents a Cloud File Storage bucket.

Storage Catalog
Technology Asset  System File Storage
S3 File System

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) file system abstraction.

Storage Catalog

Amazon S3 operating model

The following image shows the relations between S3 asset types and the cardinality of the relation types in the assets' assignment.