danielcweeks commented on code in PR #603:
URL: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/603#discussion_r3729826096


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LogicalTypes.md:
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@@ -756,10 +756,52 @@ A self-reference points within the same Parquet file 
using `offset` and `size` (
 required). A self-reference is when `uri` is not set. A file containing 
self-references
 can be renamed or relocated as a single unit.
 
-Parquet files containing self-references must not use Parquet modular 
encryption.
-Self-referenced byte ranges are not Parquet encryption modules and therefore 
cannot
-be encrypted or authenticated independently. Encryption of external files 
referenced
-by `uri` is outside the scope of the Parquet format.
+A schema that permits self-references must include the `inline` field.
+
+Each self-reference inherits the compression and encryption settings of the 
`inline`
+column chunk of the same row group. These settings are properties of the 
column chunk,
+so all self-references of a column chunk share them regardless of the page a 
value is
+stored in.
+
+Each referenced byte range is compressed independently using the 
`CompressionCodec`
+of the `inline` column chunk. `UNCOMPRESSED` leaves the referenced bytes 
uncompressed.
+
+Each compressed byte range is an independent compression block. Compression 
state is
+not shared with the data page or with other referenced ranges.
+
+For an unencrypted self-reference, `offset` and `size` identify either the 
independent
+compressed block or the uncompressed bytes. For a compressed block, the 
complete range
+is supplied to the codec, and its decompressed output is the resolved value.
+
+The decompressed size of a self-reference is not stored. Readers must rely on 
the
+framing of the codec where it provides one, or decompress into a dynamically 
sized
+buffer. A future revision of this specification may add an explicit 
decompressed size.

Review Comment:
   ```suggestion
   buffer.
   ```
   
   I'd prefer not to include forward-looking statements.



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