[eatonphil]

Not sure (probably not). But it's definitely much easier to immediately understand IMO.

[twoodfin]

OK, but at least from my perspective, the point of OTF’s is to allow ongoing interoperability between query and update engines.

A “standard” getting semi-monthly updates via random Databricks-affiliated GitHub accounts doesn’t really fit that bill.

Look at something like this:

https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md#wr...

Ouch.