Unity Catalog is the most open and interoperable catalog for data and AI
- Universal interface supports any format, engine, and asset
- Multi-format table support - Delta, Iceberg as UniForm, Parquet, CSV, etc.
- Beyond tables - Unstructured data (Volumes) and AI assets (ML models, Gen AI tools)
- Plugin support - extensible to Iceberg REST Catalog and HMS interface for client compatibility, plus additional plugins (e.g., integration with a new AI framework)
- Interoperates with the Delta Sharing open protocol for sharing tabular and non-tabular assets cross-domain
- Fully Open - OpenAPI spec and OSS implementation (Apache 2.0 license)
- Unified governance for data and AI - Asset-level access control is enforced through temporary credential vending via REST APIs
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