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+
+# Apache Iceberg DataFusion Integration
+
+This repository connects [Apache Iceberg](https://iceberg.apache.org/) tables to
+[Apache DataFusion](https://datafusion.apache.org/). The `datafusion-iceberg`
+crate provides table providers for querying Iceberg data and for inserting rows
+through an Iceberg catalog.
+
+## Workspace
+
+- [`crates/datafusion`](crates/datafusion): the DataFusion integration library.
+- [`crates/sqllogictest`](crates/sqllogictest): SQL logic tests for the integration.
+- [`crates/playground`](crates/playground): a command-line SQL playground backed
+  by DataFusion and Iceberg catalogs.
+
+## Query an existing table
+
+Register `IcebergTableProviderFactory` in a DataFusion session, then point an
+external table at an existing Iceberg metadata file:
+
+```rust
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use datafusion::execution::session_state::SessionStateBuilder;
+use datafusion::prelude::SessionContext;
+use datafusion_iceberg::IcebergTableProviderFactory;
+
+async fn query_table() -> datafusion::error::Result<()> {
+    let mut state = SessionStateBuilder::new().with_default_features().build();
+    state.table_factories_mut().insert(
+        "ICEBERG".to_string(),
+        Arc::new(IcebergTableProviderFactory::new()),
+    );
+    let ctx = SessionContext::new_with_state(state);
+
+    ctx.sql(
+        "CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE trips STORED AS ICEBERG \
+         LOCATION '/absolute/path/to/table/metadata/v1.metadata.json'",
+    )
+    .await?
+    .collect()
+    .await?;
+
+    let batches = ctx
+        .sql("SELECT * FROM trips LIMIT 10")
+        .await?
+        .collect()
+        .await?;
+    println!("{batches:?}");
+    Ok(())
+}
+```
+
+Replace the metadata path with one from an existing table whose data files are
+accessible to the process. External-table registration reads an existing table;
+it does not create one. For catalog-backed access and inserts, register an
+`IcebergCatalogProvider` with a configured Iceberg `Catalog`. See the
+[integration tests](crates/datafusion/tests/integration_datafusion_test.rs) for
+examples.
+
+The workspace uses a pinned `iceberg-rust` Git revision. Applications that
+also depend on Iceberg crates should use the same revision shown in
+[`Cargo.toml`](Cargo.toml) so Cargo uses one Iceberg crate source.
+
+## Development
+
+The repository's [`rust-toolchain.toml`](rust-toolchain.toml) selects the Rust
+toolchain used by CI. From the repository root, run:
+
+```sh
+cargo fmt --all -- --check
+cargo clippy --workspace --locked --all-targets -- -D warnings
+cargo test --workspace --locked
+```
+
+This project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See
+[`LICENSE`](LICENSE) and [`NOTICE`](NOTICE).