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GET
/
api
/
data-readiness
/
glossary
/
terms
/
{term_id}
Get a glossary term by ID
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/api/data-readiness/glossary/terms/{term_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "term": "<string>",
  "definition": "<string>",
  "domain": "<string>",
  "status": "<string>",
  "owner": "<string>",
  "last_updated": "<string>",
  "version": "<string>",
  "related_terms": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "usage_count": 0,
  "data_sources": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "source_schema": "<string>",
  "source_reference_file": "<string>",
  "conflict_reason": "<string>",
  "is_generated": false,
  "custom_tags": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "resource_uri": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

JWT Bearer token authentication. Include the token in the Authorization header as: Authorization: Bearer <token>. The JWT must contain valid client_id, and project_id claims for tenant isolation and SDK routing.

Path Parameters

​
term_id
string
required

Response

Successful Response

A single glossary term as returned to the UI.

​
id
string
required

Term ID (em-runtime Memory ID)

​
term
string
required

Term name

​
definition
string
required

Term definition

​
domain
string
required

Business domain

​
type
enum<string>
required

Concept or Vocabulary

Available options:
Concept,
Vocabulary
​
status
string
required

Verified, Unverified, or Conflicting

​
owner
string
required

Term owner

​
last_updated
string
required

Human-readable last updated date

​
version
string
required

Version number as string

​
related_terms
string[]

Related term names

​
usage_count
integer
default:0

Usage count (placeholder)

​
data_sources
string[]

Fully qualified table names where this term appears

​
source_schema
string | null

Linked schema FQN

​
source_reference_file
string | null

Source reference document

​
conflict_reason
string | null

Conflict reason (when status=Conflicting)

​
is_generated
boolean
default:false

Whether AI-generated

​
custom_tags
string[]

Custom tags

​
resource_uri
string | null

Parent DB connection resource_uri