bennychow commented on code in PR #11041:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/11041#discussion_r2078825706


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format/view-spec.md:
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@@ -160,6 +179,57 @@ Each entry in `version-log` is a struct with the following 
fields:
 | _required_  | `timestamp-ms` | Timestamp when the view's 
`current-version-id` was updated (ms from epoch) |
 | _required_  | `version-id`   | ID that `current-version-id` was set to |
 
+#### Storage Table Identifier
+
+The table identifier for the storage table that stores the precomputed results.
+
+| Requirement | Field name     | Description |
+|-------------|----------------|-------------|
+| _optional_  | `catalog`      | A string specifying the name of the catalog. 
If set to `null`, the catalog is the same as the view's catalog |
+| _required_  | `namespace`    | A list of strings for namespace levels |
+| _required_  | `name`         | A string specifying the name of the 
table/view |
+
+### Storage table metadata
+
+This section describes additional metadata for the storage table that 
supplements the regular table metadata and is required for materialzied views.
+The property "refresh-state" is set on the table [snapshot 
summary](https://iceberg.apache.org/spec/#snapshots) to determine the freshness 
of the precomputed data of the storage table.
+
+| Requirement | Field name      | Description |
+|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
+| _required_  | `refresh-state` | A [refresh state](#refresh-state) record 
stored as a JSON-encoded string | 
+
+#### Refresh state
+
+The refresh state record captures the state of all source tables and source 
views in the fully expanded query tree of the materialized view, including 
indirect references. Indirect references are the tables/views that are not 
directly referenced in the query but are nested within other views. The refresh 
state has the following fields:

Review Comment:
   When an engine builds or refreshes the materialization, they should have the 
fully expanded query tree of the MV.  Its easy for an engine to just write out 
the table snapshot ids and view version ids at that time.



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