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The model catalog described in RHDP-1014 (see also https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bp_zvNEsxkz1-Im6sg6_1C78wcKPMDPJHPU3LcItwVY/edit), may make use of the catalog API in Backstage to define a custom catalog type for Models.

As a result, the Backstage catalog model API should be investigated:

• How to define custom types
• How to create entries in the catalog
• How to extend the catalog model

https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/extending-the-model/#adding-a-new-kind contains Backstage's documentation on extending the catalog API, and would be a good starting point

Burr also created a demo of a PoC model catalog in RHDH, and his model catalog yaml can be found here: https://github.com/burrsutter/model-catalog/blob/main/ai_models.yaml

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