Open Table Formats

Apache Iceberg 129 , Delta Lake 237,929 and Apache Hudi 129 turn immutable files in object storage into versioned tables the same way, with metadata files and one atomic commit. This section opens that machinery on real files, in Iceberg's terms.

Subsections

• Files Aren't a Table
• Metadata and Manifests
• Snapshots
• Optimistic Concurrency
• Agreeing on Current State
• What the Formats Share