Mandukhai-Alimaa opened a new pull request, #51248: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/51248
### Rationale for this change Closes #51143 As storage formats standardize file-level references, Arrow needs a canonical in-memory representation to preserve these semantics across IPC streams, the C Data Interface, Arrow Flight, and language bindings. Without a canonical extension type, file fields lose their semantic metadata during serialization. [DISCUSS] [thread in the mailing list](https://lists.apache.org/thread/5qw2k7rwstk0ol9ymds5qym81myznmpl) ### What changes are included in this PR? Proposal and documentation for the `arrow.parquet.file` canonical extension type. ### Are these changes tested? N/A ### Are there any user-facing changes? Yes, this is an extension to the arrow format. - Github Issue: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/51143 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
