Techniques for upgrading and accessing metadata

An apparatus for data management, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• memory coupled with the at least one processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a request to access a subset of metadata stored in a distributed metadata repository of a data management system, wherein the request has a first semantic format compatible with a first version of the distributed metadata repository;
• translate the first semantic format of the request to a second semantic format compatible with a second version of the distributed metadata repository, wherein the first semantic format of the request is translated according to a label in the request;
• identify a first set of metadata changes to be applied to the request;
• apply the first set of metadata changes to the request based on a current version of the subset of metadata;
• and
• access the subset of metadata in the distributed metadata repository based at least in part on the current version of the subset of metadata.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for data management, the code comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to:

• receive a request to access a subset of metadata stored in a distributed metadata repository of a data management system, wherein the request has a first semantic format compatible with a first version of the distributed metadata repository;
• translate the first semantic format of the request to a second semantic format compatible with a second version of the distributed metadata repository, wherein the first semantic format of the request is translated according to a label in the request;
• identify a first set of metadata changes to be applied to the request;
• apply the first set of metadata changes to the request based on a current version of the subset of metadata;
• and
• access the subset of metadata in the distributed metadata repository based at least in part on the current version of the subset of metadata.