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Shared Data Fabric

Shared data fabric is an architectural data layer that provides unified, governed access to distributed enterprise data across platforms and domains, enabling reusable data services and controlled sharing for analytics, operations, and collaboration while enforcing consistent security, compliance, and lifecycle policies.

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"shared-data-fabric"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/d0f38892-0178-45f6-b36e-42454eba73fb

CLI

di get-glossary --slug shared-data-fabric

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It sits in a glossary Linked to Data Fabric, Unified Data Fabric, Data Streaming Fabric, Fabric inDefinedTermSet
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