Hi all, the Parquet format now has an official IANA media type: application/vnd.apache.parquet [1] and I wanted to announce that here so folks are aware and can share the news within their communities. Please see the Parquet Jira ticket [2] for more information.
I think this is important because having an official media type reduces friction when integrating Parquet into other systems and prevents the proliferation of non-standard alternatives. This leads me to my next point: Use of the unregistered/non-standard application/x-parquet has become quite widespread over the years [3] and a considerable number of systems may want to consider adapting their systems in one way or another around this change. All thoughts about whether or how to go about this are welcome. Last, is it possible I could get someone to tweet about this on the @ApacheParquet account [4]? I'm happy to help provide text but I'm not sure who to reach out to. PS: Many thanks to Gang Wu, Gidon Gershinksy, and Gabor Szadovszky for recent feedback on the Jira ticket. [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.apache.parquet [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-1889 [3] https://github.com/search?q=application%2Fx-parquet&type=code [4] https://twitter.com/ApacheParquet
