ajantha-bhat commented on code in PR #7105:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/7105#discussion_r1238084717


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format/spec.md:
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@@ -702,6 +703,48 @@ Blob metadata is a struct with the following fields:
 | _optional_ | _optional_ | **`properties`** | `map<string, string>` | 
Additional properties associated with the statistic. Subset of Blob properties 
in the Puffin file. |
 
 
+#### Partition statistics
+
+Partition statistics files are based on [Partition Statistics file 
spec](#partition-statistics-file). Partition statistics are informational. A 
reader can choose to
+ignore partition statistics information. Partition statistics support is not 
required to read the table correctly. A table can contain
+many partition statistics files associated with different table snapshots.
+A writer can optionally write the partition statistics file during each write 
operation. If the statistics file is written for the specific snapshot, 
+It must be registered in the table metadata file to be considered as a valid 
statistics file for the reader.
+
+Partition statistics files metadata within `partition-statistics` table 
metadata field is a struct with the following fields:
+
+| v1 | v2 | Field name | Type | Description |
+|----|----|------------|------|-------------|
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`snapshot-id`** | `long` | ID of the Iceberg 
table's snapshot the partition statistics file is associated with. |
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`statistics-file-path`** | `string` | Path of 
the partition statistics file. See [Partition Statistics 
file](#partition-statistics-file). |
+| _required_ | _required_ | **`max-data-sequence-number`** | `long` | Maximum 
data sequence number of the Iceberg table's snapshot the partition statistics 
was computed from. |
+
+#### Partition Statistics file
+
+Statistics information for every partition tuple is stored as a row in the 
**table default format**. 

Review Comment:
   Maybe for the initial implementation, It should be fine to use the table's 
default format itself.
   
   It can be enhanced further with a table property based on the need later on. 
 



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