lance-format / lance-format/lance-data-viewer
[feat]: display lineage for datasets
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- Python
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Description
Summary
Hi team, lance is well-known for its dataset management, including lineage for dataset.
So I'm wondering if we could to display dataset lineage in the viewer as well?
For example, when users provide a dataset, the whole lineage of the dataset is shown on the screen (with tag / branching / version aside), so users could click in the a detailed "version" and check the schema, metadata, or data for the selected version.
Use case
In production usage, we use a base lance dataset as the foundation, and branch out different versions for experimentation; having a lineage display helps our user to understand the dataset better.
Proposed approach
No response
Design constraint check
- I have read CONTRIBUTING.md and this proposal does not conflict with the load-bearing design constraints.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the viewer's existing dataset and version display, then determine how Lance dataset branches, tags, and versions are exposed. Done means users can navigate the lineage and inspect the selected version's schema, metadata, or data.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- fastapi, python
- Domain
- data, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100