Thanks, EJ, for putting this together! I think tagging is a pretty common and useful catalog feature, so it's great to see us moving in this direction. Looking forward to the discussion!
Yufei On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM EJ Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have prepared a Google Doc > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rIJGzcsmGhfrBiRXPac51hr-jeJuuKQQBYjgBdOb9-k/edit?usp=sharing > > > for the Polaris tag spec proposal. > > The goal is simple: add a native tag model to Polaris so users can classify > catalog objects, read those classifications back, and find objects by tag. > > The proposal covers: > * tag definitions as catalog-scoped Polaris entities > * tag assignments on catalogs, namespaces, table-like objects, and columns > * allowed values on tag definitions > * direct and inherited tag reads > * direct by-tag lookup > * the durable model behind the API > * how this compares with the existing Polaris Policy API (tag design > referenced policy heavily, given their pattern similarity) > > Please take a look and leave comments in the doc. Let me know WDYT! > > I would also like to discuss this in the July 23 community sync. A separate > dedicated review meeting will be scheduled separately, likely within the > next two weeks. > > Thanks, > -ej >
