# Open Data Standards: Postgres, OTel, and Iceberg

DevFeed: [Open Data Standards: Postgres, OTel, and Iceberg](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-data-standards-postgres-otel-and-iceberg-472.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://supabase.com/blog/open-data-standards-postgres-otel-iceberg>)

Author: Paul Copplestone

Published: 2025-05-26T07:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Supabase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/supabase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Apache Iceberg](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apache-iceberg.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-processing.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telemetry.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that Postgres, OpenTelemetry, and Iceberg are emerging open data standards. It explains Postgres's success through extensibility and open-source characteristics such as licensing, self-hosting, commercial neutrality, and governance, then relates the standards to OLTP, telemetry, and warehousing workflows.

## Source excerpt

Replace custom CRUD endpoints, reduce infrastructure complexity, and accelerate product delivery.