LanceDB · Schema

Lance Namespace

A namespace is a hierarchical container for Lance tables, materialized views, and child namespaces. Backed by an external catalog (Hive, Polaris, Gravitino, Unity Catalog, AWS Glue) or by the Lance REST namespace server.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id array Fully-qualified namespace identifier as path segments.
properties object Implementation-defined key/value properties (owner, region, retention, etc.).
parent array Parent namespace identifier, if any.
createdAt string
updatedAt string
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JSON Schema

lancedb-namespace-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lancedb/main/json-schema/lancedb-namespace-schema.json",
  "title": "Lance Namespace",
  "description": "A namespace is a hierarchical container for Lance tables, materialized views, and child namespaces. Backed by an external catalog (Hive, Polaris, Gravitino, Unity Catalog, AWS Glue) or by the Lance REST namespace server.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "Fully-qualified namespace identifier as path segments."
    },
    "properties": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Implementation-defined key/value properties (owner, region, retention, etc.).",
      "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
    },
    "parent": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "Parent namespace identifier, if any."
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    }
  }
}