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Taxonomy of optional capabilities for taps and targets

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(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 a catalog.json file with all known streams and their schemas (as described in existing Singer Spec)
  • catalog (newer) and properties (previous iteration) - the ability to pass in a catalog.json file with selection logic (as described in existing Singer Spec)
  • log-based the 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 a deleted_at property or some other signal.
  • hard-delete - The ability to permanently delete records, based on a deleted_at property 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-version support (currently unofficial but widely used, as described in #9)
  • batch support (future capability, as proposed in #2)

Related to: https://github.com/MeltanoLabs/singer-spec-working-group/issues/4

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Research direction

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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Feature
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Needs clarification
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