Distributing large amounts of global metadata using object files

A system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• accessing, at a source deployment, a data dictionary generated for a listing object, the data dictionary describing shared data offered by the listing object;
• writing, by at least one hardware processor, the data dictionary to a global cloud object storage bucket associated with a destination deployment;
• selectively controlling visibility of the shared data and the data dictionary to consumers at the destination deployment based on a comparison of a deployment location identifier with region information corresponding to the listing object;
• overwriting a manifest file associated with the listing object to point to the shared data and the data dictionary replicated at the destination deployment;
• implementing a delay period between overwriting the manifest file and deleting a previous version of the shared data and the data dictionary;
• and
• after the delay period, deleting the previous version of the shared data and the data dictionary replicated at the destination deployment.

A non-transitory computer-storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

• accessing, at a source deployment, a data dictionary generated for a listing object, the data dictionary describing shared data offered by the listing object;
• writing, by at least one hardware processor, the data dictionary to a global cloud object storage bucket associated with a destination deployment;
• selectively controlling visibility of the shared data and the data dictionary to consumers at the destination deployment based on a comparison of a deployment location identifier with region information corresponding to the listing object;
• overwriting a manifest file associated with the listing object to point to the shared data and the data dictionary replicated at the destination deployment;
• implementing a delay period between overwriting the manifest file and deleting a previous version of the shared data and the data dictionary;
• and
• after the delay period, deleting the previous version of the shared data and the data dictionary replicated at the destination deployment.