# Programmatic Ontology Management in Palantir Foundry: Alternatives to GUI-based Approach?

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**Created:** [August 9, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/programmatic-ontology-management-in-palantir-foundry-alternatives-to-gui-based-approach/979 "2024-08-09T11:09:50Z")\
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Hi @bwolcott @bobbyfidz The OSDK looks interesting but ideally I would like to use a declarative approach which defines the desired state and the system executes what needs to happen to achieve that desired state.

Please see [this post](https://community.palantir.com/t/implementing-infrastructure-as-code-iac-for-ontology-management-in-palantir-foundry/1016) relating to IaC for the Ontology.

Thanks

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