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A shared link is a public, tokenized URL tied to one governance model. Anyone with the link opens a read-only, interactive view of that model’s taxonomies. No Terminus Hub account is needed. The same link also drives an iframe embed for any wiki, docs site, or portal. You manage links from the model’s Settings, and revoke access by disabling or deleting a link.

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Before you start

  • You manage shared links from a single governance model’s settings, so open the model you want to share first.
  • Only account admins can create, edit, or delete shared links. If you are not an admin, the Sharing section will not list any links.
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Open Settings, then Sharing

Open the governance model you want to share, go to its Settings, and find the Sharing section.
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Click Create Shared Link

Click Create Shared Link. A new link is created immediately with sensible defaults: it is enabled, both call-to-action buttons are on, and a unique link URL is generated. There is no separate save step.
3

Name the link (optional)

Each link row has an inline-editable name, with the placeholder Untitled Link. The name is internal only. Viewers never see it. Use it to tell several links apart, for example Marketing team or Docs site embed.
4

Copy the link URL

While a link is enabled, the row shows the read-only link URL plus a Link copy button and an Embed copy button. Click Link to copy the public share URL. Anyone with that URL can open the read-only view.

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What a viewer sees

The shared view is read-only but interactive. A viewer can pick a taxonomy and try building a value to understand the model, but nothing they enter is ever saved. There is no account, no submission, and no stored data behind the page. Viewers can switch between these modes from the toolbar:
ModeWhat it shows
QuickThe default landing mode. A fast, compact way to assemble a value.
FormA field-by-field form layout.
GridA spreadsheet-style grid for entering values across rows.
DiagramA visual map of the taxonomy structure.
Quick is always the mode a viewer lands on first. A Powered by terminus.app link is shown in the footer.

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The two call-to-action buttons

Each link has two optional call-to-action buttons shown to the viewer. Both default on, and you toggle each one independently from the link row:
  • Edit in Playground opens the model in a throwaway sandbox where the viewer can explore and edit a copy in the real UI. Nothing they change is saved. See templates and playground.
  • Sign Up sends the viewer to the Terminus Hub sign-up page.
Turn either toggle off and that button disappears from the viewer’s page. The link URL does not change.

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Embed the model on your site

On any enabled link, click Embed to copy an <iframe> snippet, then paste it into any HTML page or docs platform. 
<iframe src="https://hub.terminus.app/embed/your-link-token" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>
The embed shows the same interactive view as the share URL, with two differences:
  • The Terminus Hub logo and the taxonomy selector are hidden, so the embed blends into your page.
  • The call-to-action collapses to a single Edit in Playground link (shown only if that toggle is on), and it opens in a new tab.
The share URL and the embed use the same link. “Embed mode” is purely how the page renders. The copied snippet is a fixed width="100%" and height="600". Adjust those values to fit your layout.
There is no expiry date and no password. To revoke access, you either disable the link or delete it.
  • Disable: turn the link’s enabled toggle off. The public page then shows This shared link is no longer available. The link stays in your list and keeps its name and view count, so you can re-enable it later. While disabled, the URL and call-to-action controls are hidden in Settings.
  • Delete: click the trash button on the link row and confirm. This permanently invalidates the link. Anyone with the old URL can no longer reach the model.
Disabling or deleting a link takes effect immediately for everyone who has the URL, including any site that embeds it. An embedded model stops rendering until the link is re-enabled, and a deleted link cannot be recovered.

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The view count

Each link row shows an N views count. It increases by one every time the public page is successfully loaded, whether through the share URL or an embed. Loads of a disabled or deleted link do not count. Use it to gauge interest in a shared model.

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What data is shared

A shared link exposes the full structure of one governance model: its taxonomies, fields, and picklist options, so the page can run entirely in the viewer’s browser. Anyone with the link can see that full structure. It does not expose submissions, approved records, workspace data, or any way to export the model in bulk.

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Gotchas

  • Admin only. Creating, editing, and deleting shared links requires account-admin access. Non-admins do not see any links in the Sharing section.
  • Revoke means disable or delete. There is no expiry or password option. Turn the enabled toggle off, or delete the link.
  • One link, two surfaces. The share URL and the embed are the same link. There is no separate “embed enabled” switch, and both surfaces count toward the same view count.
  • Quick is the default mode. A viewer always lands on Quick, not Form.
  • Nothing a viewer enters is saved. The view is interactive for exploration only. No submissions or records are created from a shared link.

Templates and Playground

Let viewers open a sandbox copy from a shared link, or start a new model from a template.

Governance models

Build, edit, and publish the model you are sharing.

Quickstart

Set up your first governance model end to end.