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APACHE ICEBERG VIEWS: PORTABLE VIEW METADATA ACROSS SQL ENGINES
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Iceberg's View Spec makes metadata portable by versioning schemas, dependencies, properties, and dialect-tagged SQL text, but it does not standardize execution or authorization. Production portability still depends on REST-catalog support and compatible SQL dialects. Teams should test dependency integrity, concurrent replacement, and cross-engine result consistency before treating views as shared control-plane assets.