In the ever-evolving landscape of data management and governance, organizations constantly seek innovative solutions to streamline their processes, foster collaboration, and maximize the value of their data assets. Metaphor, born out of the minds behind LinkedIn's DataHub, has emerged as a modern data catalog and social platform for data. We take a unique approach by combining technical metadata with social collaboration, making data governance accessible and engaging for everyone in the organization. In this blog post, we explain the motivation behind Metaphor’s adoption of OpenLineage, delve into the integration methodology, and discuss its current status and benefits.

This one is big. With the release of Airflow 2.7.0, the Airflow integration is now officially an Airflow Provider. This means the openlineage-airflow package is now apache-airflow-providers-openlineage in Airflow itself – a built-in feature of Airflow rather than an externally managed integration. Why does it matter where the integration “lives”? The short answer: as an Airflow Provider, the integration will offer improved reliability, broader support for operators, enhanced lineage, and easier implementation in custom operators going forward.

Although still a work in progress in some key respects, the OpenLineage Provider promises to pay dividends to users and contributors alike while accelerating the growth of the OpenLineage Ecosystem.

Join us on Monday, September 18th, 2023, from 5:00-8:00 pm PT ET in Toronto to contribute to a discussion of the future of OpenLineage. On the tentative agenda:

• Intros
• Evolution of spec presentation/discussion (project background/history)
• State of the community
• Integrating OpenLineage with Metaphor (by special guests Ye & Ivan)
• Spark/Column lineage update
• Airflow Provider update
• Roadmap Discussion
• Action items review/next steps

Bring your ideas and vision for OpenLineage!

Announcing OpenLineage v1.0! We’re officially in 1.x territory!

Join us on Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, from 5:30-8:30 pm PT at the Astronomer offices in San Francisco to learn more about the present and future of OpenLineage. Meet other members of the ecosystem, learn about the project’s goals and fundamental design, and participate in a discussion about the future of the project. Bring your ideas and vision for OpenLineage!

Also on the agenda: a presentation by new contributor/partner John Lukenoff, who will be speaking about his lineage use case.

The first major release of OpenLineage, 1.0, will add static lineage support.

Join us on Thursday, June 22nd, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 pm ET at Collibra's HQ in New York to discuss the present and future of OpenLineage. Meet other members of the ecosystem, learn about the project’s goals and fundamental design, and participate in a discussion about the future of the project. Bring your ideas and vision for OpenLineage!

Our first Ecosystem Survey is now live. Please take a moment to share your opinions and hopes for OpenLineage.

We make much of the fact that OpenLineage is an open standard. It’s right there in our name. But it shouldn’t go without saying why an open standard for lineage metadata is preferable to a privately held one. The chief advantage of an open standard is precisely the fact that no one person or entity owns it. Hence, it offers the best avenue to a universally adopted, persistent specification.

Join us on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023, from 5:30-8:30 pm PT at the Astronomer offices in San Francisco to learn more about the present and future of OpenLineage. Meet other members of the ecosystem, learn about the project’s goals and fundamental design, and participate in a discussion about the future of the project. Bring your ideas and vision for OpenLineage!