Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Universal Catalog . Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.

SerializedTaxonomy

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SerializedPolicyTag
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A nested protocol buffer that represents a taxonomy and the hierarchy of its policy tags. Used for taxonomy replacement, import, and export.

JSON representation
{ "displayName" : string , "description" : string , "policyTags" : [ { object ( `SerializedPolicyTag` ) } ] , "activatedPolicyTypes" : [ enum ( `PolicyType` ) ] }

Fields
`displayName`	`string` Required. Display name of the taxonomy. At most 200 bytes when encoded in UTF-8.
`description`	`string` Description of the serialized taxonomy. At most 2000 bytes when encoded in UTF-8. If not set, defaults to an empty description.
`policyTags[]`	`object ( SerializedPolicyTag )` Top level policy tags associated with the taxonomy, if any.
`activatedPolicyTypes[]`	`enum ( PolicyType )` A list of policy types that are activated per taxonomy.

SerializedPolicyTag

A nested protocol buffer that represents a policy tag and all its descendants.

JSON representation
{ "policyTag" : string , "displayName" : string , "description" : string , "childPolicyTags" : [ { object ( `SerializedPolicyTag` ) } ] }

Fields
`policyTag`	`string` Resource name of the policy tag. This field is ignored when calling `ImportTaxonomies` .
`displayName`	`string` Required. Display name of the policy tag. At most 200 bytes when encoded in UTF-8.
`description`	`string` Description of the serialized policy tag. At most 2000 bytes when encoded in UTF-8. If not set, defaults to an empty description.
`childPolicyTags[]`	`object ( SerializedPolicyTag )` Children of the policy tag, if any.

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SerializedPolicyTag

SerializedTaxonomy