[SPARK-15572] ML persistence in R format: compatibility with other languages

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Component/s: ML, SparkR
• Labels: bulk-closed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joseph K. Bradley
• Shepherd: Yanbo Liang
• Created: 26/May/16 18:06
• Updated: 21/May/19 04:16
• Resolved: 21/May/19 04:16

Description

Currently, models saved in R cannot be loaded easily into other languages. This is because R saves extra metadata (feature names) alongside the model. We should fix this issue so that models can be transferred seamlessly between languages.