Client Requirements

Creating and Accessing Application Metadata

A SAS Open Metadata Interface client that accesses application metadata has the following characteristics:

The client connects to the SAS Metadata Server with a communication standard that is appropriate for the client and the IOM-based server.
The client specifies the SAS namespace to access the metadata types for application elements, such as tables and columns.
The client issues SAS Open Metadata Interface method calls to create or access instances of the metadata types that are stored in metadata repositories.

Accessing Metadata Defined in the SAS Namespace

[Accessing Metadata Defined in the SAS Namespace]

For server connection information, see Connecting to the SAS Metadata Server.

For a description of the metadata types in the SAS namespace, see Alphabetical Listing of SAS Namespace Metadata Types in SAS Metadata Model: Reference.

The SAS Open Metadata Interface provides the IOMI server interface for reading and writing metadata objects. For information about IOMI, see Metadata Access (IOMI Interface).

We recommend that clients use the SAS Java Metadata Interface to read and write metadata in SAS 9.2 instead of IOMI methods directly. For reference information about the SAS 9.2 Java Metadata Interface, see the documentation at support.sas.com/92api. For usage information, see Using the SAS Java Metadata Interface.

Methods that create metadata require you to identify the metadata repository in which the object is to be created and to submit an XML metadata property that defines the objects that you want to create. For more information, see Adding Metadata Objects. In addition, see Understanding Associations in SAS Metadata Model: Reference.

For information about the options that are available for accessing existing metadata objects, see Querying Metadata Objects.

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