docs: document TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY as a daily-refreshed table

README.md

@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 ## Admin / Setup
 
 - [Private repo access in Fast Bakery](docs/metaflow/private_repo_access.md)
-- [Table-ownership registry view](docs/metaflow/table_ownership_registry.md)
+- [Table-ownership registry](docs/metaflow/table_ownership_registry.md)
 

docs/metaflow/publish.md

@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ Notes:
   (the RFC `CREATE TAG` setup). Until then, tagging is **skipped with a warning** — the publish
   still succeeds.
 - Invalid `status`/`sla` values raise `ValueError` before any data is written.
-- Tagged tables surface in the `TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY` view (see
-  [Table-ownership registry view](table_ownership_registry.md)).
+- Tagged tables surface in the `TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY` table, which is
+  refreshed daily by a Metaflow flow (see
+  [Table-ownership registry](table_ownership_registry.md)).
 - The underlying Snowflake session always has `QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS_IGNORE_CASE = TRUE`
   set (`snowflake_connection.py`), so quoted identifiers in `query`/`audits` resolve
   case-insensitively.

docs/metaflow/publish_pandas.md

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ publish_pandas(
 - Tag *definitions* must first be created by a Snowflake admin (RFC `CREATE TAG` setup);
   until then tagging is **skipped with a warning** and the publish still succeeds.
 - Invalid `status`/`sla` values raise `ValueError` before any data is written.
+- Tagged tables surface in the `TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY` table, which is
+  refreshed daily by a Metaflow flow (see
+  [Table-ownership registry](table_ownership_registry.md)).
 
 ## Notes
 

docs/metaflow/table_ownership_registry.md

@@ -1,24 +1,45 @@
-# Table-ownership registry view
+# Table-ownership registry
 
-The central **table-ownership registry view**,
-`PATTERN_DB.DATA_SCIENCE.TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY`, pivots the object tags on each table
-into one row per table, exposing `owner`, `team`, `domain`, `project`, `status`, `sla`,
-`contact` and `last_updated`.
+The central **table-ownership registry**,
+`PATTERN_DB.DATA_SCIENCE.TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY`, is a Snowflake **table** that
+pivots the object tags on each table into one row per table, exposing `owner`,
+`team`, `domain`, `project`, `status`, `sla`, `contact` and `last_updated`.
 
-It reads the tags straight from `SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE.TAG_REFERENCES`, so it is
-**source-agnostic**: it surfaces both tables tagged automatically by
+It is **refreshed daily** by
+[`TableOwnershipRegistryFlow`](https://ui.pattern.obp.outerbounds.com/dashboard/p/prod/j/table_ownership_registry/b/main/workflows/tableoregistry.prod.tableowstryflow-3vt56?tab=recentRuns)
+in the **prod** perimeter on Outerbounds. Query the table directly.
+
+The refresh reads tags from `SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE.TAG_REFERENCES`, so the
+registry is **source-agnostic**: it surfaces both tables tagged automatically by
 [`publish`](publish.md) / [`publish_pandas`](publish_pandas.md) *and* tables tagged
-manually (e.g. by someone using Claude or plain `ALTER TABLE ... SET TAG` who doesn't use
-`ds-platform-utils`). Any table carrying at least one of these tags appears, no matter how
-it was tagged.
+manually (e.g. by someone using Claude or plain `ALTER TABLE ... SET TAG` who
+doesn't use `ds-platform-utils`). Any table carrying at least one of these tags
+appears, no matter how it was tagged.
+
+## Query
+
+```sql
+SELECT * FROM PATTERN_DB.DATA_SCIENCE.TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY
+ORDER BY team, table_name;
+```
 
-This is a **one-time admin setup step**, not part of the Python API. A Snowflake admin
-runs the SQL below once; the view is live thereafter (see [Notes](#notes)).
+## Columns
 
-## Create (or replace) the view
+| Column         | Source tag      |
+| -------------- | --------------- |
+| `table_name`   | object name     |
+| `owner`        | `TABLE_OWNER`   |
+| `team`         | `TABLE_TEAM`    |
+| `domain`       | `TABLE_DOMAIN`  |
+| `project`      | `TABLE_PROJECT` |
+| `status`       | `TABLE_STATUS`  |
+| `sla`          | `TABLE_SLA`     |
+| `contact`      | `TABLE_CONTACT` |
+| `last_updated` | `LAST_UPDATED`  |
+
+The daily refresh rebuilds the table with this pivot:
 
 ```sql
-CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW PATTERN_DB.DATA_SCIENCE.TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY AS
 SELECT
     tr.object_name AS table_name,
     MAX(CASE WHEN tr.tag_name = 'TABLE_OWNER'   THEN tr.tag_value END) AS owner,
@@ -40,22 +61,18 @@ WHERE tr.object_database = 'PATTERN_DB'
 GROUP BY tr.object_name;
 ```
 
-Then query it:
-
-```sql
-SELECT * FROM PATTERN_DB.DATA_SCIENCE.TABLE_OWNERSHIP_REGISTRY
-ORDER BY team, table_name;
-```
-
 ## Notes
 
-- **No refresh needed.** A view is not materialized — it re-runs its query on every read,
-  so it is always live.
-- **~2h lag.** The view reads `SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE.TAG_REFERENCES`, which itself lags
-  up to ~2 hours. For the current value of a single table's tag, use
+- **Daily refresh.** The registry is a table, not a live view.
+  [`TableOwnershipRegistryFlow`](https://ui.pattern.obp.outerbounds.com/dashboard/p/prod/j/table_ownership_registry/b/main/workflows/tableoregistry.prod.tableowstryflow-3vt56?tab=recentRuns)
+  rebuilds it once a day, so newly tagged (or retagged) tables can take up to
+  ~24 hours to appear or update.
+- **~2h lag on top of that.** The refresh reads `SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE.TAG_REFERENCES`,
+  which itself lags up to ~2 hours. For the current value of a single table's tag, use
   `SYSTEM$GET_TAG('PATTERN_DB.DATA_SCIENCE.TABLE_OWNER', '<table>', 'table')` instead.
-- **Adoption-based.** Only tables that have at least one of these tags appear in the view,
-  regardless of whether the tags were applied by `ds-platform-utils` or manually.
+- **Adoption-based.** Only tables that have at least one of these tags appear in the
+  registry, regardless of whether the tags were applied by `ds-platform-utils` or
+  manually.
 - **`last_updated`.** For tables published via `publish` / `publish_pandas` this is stamped
   automatically (UTC, `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS`) on each publish. For manually tagged tables it
   reflects whatever value the person set, and may be absent if the `LAST_UPDATED` tag was

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ds-platform-utils"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 description = "Utility library for Pattern Data Science."
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [