+1 Thanks for the discussion everyone!
Rok On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 8:29 PM Dewey Dunnington <de...@voltrondata.com.invalid> wrote: > +1 (non-binding)! > > On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 9:59 AM Nic Crane <thisis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 12:41, Alenka Frim <ale...@voltrondata.com > .invalid> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am starting a new voting thread with this email as the first voting > > > thread [1] opened up new > > > comments and suggestions and we wanted to take time to see how that > > > evolves. > > > > > > *I would like to propose we vote on adding the fixed shape tensor > > canonical > > > extension type* > > > *with the following specification:* > > > > > > Fixed shape tensor > > > ================== > > > > > > * Extension name: `arrow.fixed_shape_tensor`. > > > > > > * The storage type of the extension: ``FixedSizeList`` where: > > > > > > * **value_type** is the data type of individual tensor elements. > > > * **list_size** is the product of all the elements in tensor shape. > > > > > > * Extension type parameters: > > > > > > * **value_type** = the Arrow data type of individual tensor elements. > > > * **shape** = the physical shape of the contained tensors > > > as an array. > > > > > > Optional parameters describing the logical layout: > > > > > > * **dim_names** = explicit names to tensor dimensions > > > as an array. The length of it should be equal to the shape > > > length and equal to the number of dimensions. > > > > > > ``dim_names`` can be used if the dimensions have well-known > > > names and they map to the physical layout (row-major). > > > > > > * **permutation** = indices of the desired ordering of the > > > original dimensions, defined as an array. > > > > > > The indices contain a permutation of the values [0, 1, .., N-1] > where > > > N is the number of dimensions. The permutation indicates which > > > dimension of the logical layout corresponds to which dimension of > the > > > physical tensor (the i-th dimension of the logical view corresponds > > > to the dimension with number ``permutations[i]`` of the physical > > > tensor). > > > > > > Permutation can be useful in case the logical order of > > > the tensor is a permutation of the physical order (row-major). > > > > > > When logical and physical layout are equal, the permutation will > > always > > > be ([0, 1, .., N-1]) and can therefore be left out. > > > > > > * Description of the serialization: > > > > > > The metadata must be a valid JSON object including shape of > > > the contained tensors as an array with key **"shape"** plus optional > > > dimension names with keys **"dim_names"** and ordering of the > > > dimensions with key **"permutation"**. > > > > > > - Example: ``{ "shape": [2, 5]}`` > > > - Example with ``dim_names`` metadata for NCHW ordered data: > > > > > > ``{ "shape": [100, 200, 500], "dim_names": ["C", "H", "W"]}`` > > > > > > - Example of permuted 3-dimensional tensor: > > > > > > ``{ "shape": [100, 200, 500], "permutation": [2, 0, 1]}`` > > > > > > This is the physical layout shape and the the shape of the logical > > > layout would in this case be ``[500, 100, 200]``. > > > > > > .. note:: > > > > > > Elements in a fixed shape tensor extension array are stored > > > in row-major/C-contiguous order. > > > > > > * The specification is submitted as a PR [2] to Canonical Extension > Types > > > document under the > > > format specifications directory [3]. > > > > > > There are also two implementations submitted to Apache Arrow > repository: > > > * C++ implementation of the proposed specification [4] > > > * Python example implementation of the proposed specification and usage > > > (only illustrative) [5] > > > > > > > > > The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. > > > > > > [ ] +1 Accept this proposal > > > [ ] +0 > > > [ ] -1 Do not accept this proposal because... > > > > > > > > > Regards, Alenka > > > > > > [1]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/3cj0cr44hg3t2rn0kxly8td82yfob1nd > > > [2]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/33925/files > > > [3]: > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/main/docs/source/format/CanonicalExtensions.rst > > > > > > [4]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8510/files > > > [5]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/33948/files > > > > > >