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Introducing Variant: A New Open Standard for Semi-Structured Data in Apache Parquet™, Delta Lake, and Apache Iceberg™

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By Gene Pang, David Cashman, Ryan Blue, Aniruth Narayanan
| Databricks
Semi-structured data is everywhere in AI, application logs, and telemetry. This data is useful, but changing schemas makes it challenging to store and query. For years, the standard practice was to store this data as strings. Strings were flexible but had poor query performance, since the engine needed to parse and search through the entire string. The Variant data type, now ratified in Apache Parquet™, takes a different approach.
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Apache Iceberg v3: Moving the Ecosystem Towards Unification

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By Ryan Blue, Daniel Weeks Verified, Aniruth Narayanan
| Databricks
Apache Iceberg v3 contains major new features (deletion vectors, row lineage, semi-structured data, geospatial types) and unifies the data layer across formats Published: June 2, 2025 Open Source5 min read by Ryan Blue, Daniel Weeks and Aniruth Narayanan Summary Iceberg v3 contains new features and improvements: Deletion Vectors, Row Level Lineage, Semi-Structured Data, and Geospatial Types With these features, Iceberg v3 unifies the data layer across Apache Iceberg™, Delta Lake, Apache...
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Iceberg v3: Moving the Ecosystem Towards Unification

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By Ryan Blue, Daniel Weeks Verified, Aniruth Narayanan
| Databricks
Iceberg v3 contains major new features (deletion vectors, row lineage, semi-structured data, geospatial types) and unifies the data layer across formats Published: June 2, 2025 Open Source5 min read by Ryan Blue, Daniel Weeks and Aniruth Narayanan Summary Iceberg v3 contains new features and improvements: Deletion Vectors, Row Level Lineage, Semi-Structured Data, and Geospatial Types With these features, Iceberg v3 unifies the data layer across Apache Iceberg™, Delta Lake, Apache Parquet, and...
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