apache / apache/parquet-format
Column/field description
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Type: enhancement
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Description
### Describe the enhancement requested
Hello,
I may have misunderstood or misread the documentation but I didn't find it. I would love to have a field/column description just like we have in databases :

Best regards,
Simon
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are mentioned. First clarify the desired representation and compatibility requirements; done is an agreed and specified field or column description feature.
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Assessment
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100