[feature request] storing additional business-oriented metadata
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Hey folks,
I want to see if there's interest from the community to use Polaris also as a metadata catalog for storing additional business-oriented metadata.
Examples of such metadata include:
- Table description
- Column desciption
- Owner information
- Creation date
- Tags and classifications
- Lineage details
- Data quality scores
This type of metadata differs from traditional Iceberg metadata, as it is primarily intended for business users, rather than query engines.
In some ways, [Polaris Policies](https://polaris.apache.org/in-dev/unreleased/policy/) already act as additional metadata since they can reference tables. Extending this concept to include richer metadata could make Polaris more valuable as a unified catalog for both technical and business contexts.
I’d love to start a conversation around this idea and see if there’s interest from the community to pursue it. Thoughts?
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