# Unifying governance across engines and catalogs in the Open Lakehouse

DevFeed: [Unifying governance across engines and catalogs in the Open Lakehouse](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/unifying-governance-across-engines-and-catalogs-in-the-open-lakehouse-11545.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.databricks.com/blog/unifying-governance-across-engines-and-catalogs-open-lakehouse>)

Author: Daniel Weeks; Ryan Blue; Andrei Tserakhau

Published: 2026-09-10T15:05:10Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/databricks.md>)

Topics: [Apache Iceberg](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apache-iceberg.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databricks.md>), [Apache Spark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spark.md>), [DuckDB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/duckdb.md>)

Tags: [apache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [catalog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/catalog.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databricks.md>), [duckdb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/duckdb.md>), [governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/governance.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [spark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spark.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines two additions to the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog specification: read restrictions and catalog labels. It explains how they support governance across catalogs and engines, including centralized and delegated enforcement, and discusses trust requirements for engines such as Spark, DuckDB, and Trino.

## Source excerpt

In our previous posts, we showed how open table formats, open APIs and unified governance...