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Taxonomy of optional capabilities for taps and targets
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Description
(Partially enumerated in: https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2829 and in related SDK MR: https://gitlab.com/meltano/sdk/-/merge_requests/141/diffs#1a46f5bc80ac2afe420e39f5eb5c82cb4d690483_0_112)
For taps only:
discover- the ability to print acatalog.jsonfile with all known streams and their schemas (as described in existing Singer Spec)catalog(newer) andproperties(previous iteration) - the ability to pass in acatalog.jsonfile with selection logic (as described in existing Singer Spec)log-basedthe ability for database-type sources to read from logs (as described in existing Singer Spec)
For targets only:
soft-delete- The ability to flag records as deleted, based on adeleted_atproperty or some other signal.hard-delete- The ability to permanently delete records, based on adeleted_atproperty or some other signal.datatype-failsafe- The promise that records will be written to the target when the data type is not in an expected/handled set of cases and/or when the target cannot parse the JSON Schema type (as proposed in #20).
For both taps and targets:
about- prints out capabilities and settings (as proposed in #8)activate-versionsupport (currently unofficial but widely used, as described in #9)batchsupport (future capability, as proposed in #2)
Related to: https://github.com/MeltanoLabs/singer-spec-working-group/issues/4
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Start by reviewing the linked Singer Spec working-group issue, Meltano issue #2829, SDK MR !141, and the related issues #2, #8, #9, and #20. Compare the proposed tap and target capabilities and identify the intended canonical taxonomy. Done means the capability names, scopes, and definitions are agreed and documented.
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- data-engineering
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