rdblue commented on code in PR #4945:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4945#discussion_r928162045
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format/spec.md:
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@@ -632,6 +632,29 @@ When expiring snapshots, retention policies in table and
snapshot references are
2. The snapshot is not one of the first `min-snapshots-to-keep` in the
branch (including the branch's referenced snapshot)
5. Expire any snapshot not in the set of snapshots to retain.
+#### Snapshot statistics
+
+Snapshot statistics files are valid [Puffin files](../puffin-spec). Statistics
are informational. A reader can choose to
+ignore statistics information. Statistics support is not required to read the
table correctly.
+
+Statistics files metadata within `snapshot-statistics` table metadata field is
a struct with the following fields:
+
+| v1 | v2 | Field name | Type
| Description
|
+|------------|------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`snapshot-id`** | `string`
| ID of the Iceberg table's snapshot the blob was computed
from.
|
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`statistics-path`** | `string`
| Path of the statistics file. See [Puffin file
format](../puffin-spec).
|
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`file-size-in-bytes`** | `long`
| Size of the statistics file.
|
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`file-footer-size-in-bytes`** | `long`
| Total size of the statistics file's footer (not the footer
payload size). See [Puffin file format](../puffin-spec) for footer definition. |
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`blob-metadata`** | `list<blob
metadata>` (see below) | A list of the blob metadata for statistics contained
in the file with structure described below.
|
+
+Statistic metadata is a struct with the following fields:
+
+| v1 | v2 | Field name | Type |
Description
|
+|------------|------------|------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`type`** | `string` | Type of
the statistic. Matches Blob type in the Puffin file.
|
Review Comment:
This isn't a type for the statistic, it is a type for the blob.
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