{"id":"6a9ddceb-b3dc-4655-9882-b4e082258e02","task":"Share a Delta table with an external organization using the open Delta Sharing protocol","domain":"delta.io","steps":["Stand up or use an existing Delta Sharing Server (or a hosted sharing endpoint) and register the Delta table under a named Share and Schema.","Create a Recipient object for the external consumer, authenticating them via a long-lived bearer token or OIDC federation.","Generate the recipient's profile JSON file (sharing server endpoint plus bearer token) and deliver it out-of-band to the consuming organization.","On the consumer side, use a Delta Sharing client (the delta-sharing Python library, a Spark connector, or a BI tool connector) pointed at the profile file to list and read the shared table.","Confirm the recipient can see only the tables/schemas explicitly granted to their Share, not the full source catalog."],"gotchas":["The profile file contains a bearer token in plaintext; treat it as a credential and revoke/rotate it if leaked rather than editing the share definition.","Delta Sharing exposes read-only access to table snapshots; it does not sync writes back or provide bidirectional sync.","The version range visible to recipients depends on server configuration; very old versions can become unreadable once the source table has been vacuumed."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T17:34:57.823Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/6a9ddceb-b3dc-4655-9882-b4e082258e02"}