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Used for taxonomy replacement, import, and\nexport. \n\nInherits\n--------\n\n- Object \n\nExtended By\n-----------\n\n- Google::Protobuf::MessageExts::ClassMethods \n\nIncludes\n--------\n\n- Google::Protobuf::MessageExts\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### #activated_policy_types\n\n def activated_policy_types() -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::Taxonomy::PolicyType\u003e\n\n**Returns**\n\n- (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::Taxonomy::PolicyType](./Google-Cloud-DataCatalog-V1-Taxonomy-PolicyType)\\\u003e) --- A list of policy types that are activated per taxonomy.\n\n### #activated_policy_types=\n\n def activated_policy_types=(value) -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::Taxonomy::PolicyType\u003e\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::Taxonomy::PolicyType](./Google-Cloud-DataCatalog-V1-Taxonomy-PolicyType)\\\u003e) --- A list of policy types that are activated per taxonomy. \n**Returns**\n\n- (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::Taxonomy::PolicyType](./Google-Cloud-DataCatalog-V1-Taxonomy-PolicyType)\\\u003e) --- A list of policy types that are activated per taxonomy.\n\n### #description\n\n def description() -\u003e ::String\n\n**Returns**\n\n- (::String) --- Description of the serialized taxonomy. At most 2000 bytes when encoded in UTF-8. If not set, defaults to an empty description.\n\n### #description=\n\n def description=(value) -\u003e ::String\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** (::String) --- Description of the serialized taxonomy. At most 2000 bytes when encoded in UTF-8. If not set, defaults to an empty description. \n**Returns**\n\n- (::String) --- Description of the serialized taxonomy. At most 2000 bytes when encoded in UTF-8. If not set, defaults to an empty description.\n\n### #display_name\n\n def display_name() -\u003e ::String\n\n**Returns**\n\n- (::String) --- Required. Display name of the taxonomy. At most 200 bytes when encoded in UTF-8.\n\n### #display_name=\n\n def display_name=(value) -\u003e ::String\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** (::String) --- Required. Display name of the taxonomy. At most 200 bytes when encoded in UTF-8. \n**Returns**\n\n- (::String) --- Required. Display name of the taxonomy. At most 200 bytes when encoded in UTF-8.\n\n### #policy_tags\n\n def policy_tags() -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::SerializedPolicyTag\u003e\n\n**Returns**\n\n- (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::SerializedPolicyTag](./Google-Cloud-DataCatalog-V1-SerializedPolicyTag)\\\u003e) --- Top level policy tags associated with the taxonomy, if any.\n\n### #policy_tags=\n\n def policy_tags=(value) -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::SerializedPolicyTag\u003e\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::SerializedPolicyTag](./Google-Cloud-DataCatalog-V1-SerializedPolicyTag)\\\u003e) --- Top level policy tags associated with the taxonomy, if any. \n**Returns**\n\n- (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DataCatalog::V1::SerializedPolicyTag](./Google-Cloud-DataCatalog-V1-SerializedPolicyTag)\\\u003e) --- Top level policy tags associated with the taxonomy, if any."]]