diff --git a/site/docs/develop/kernel.md b/site/docs/develop/kernel.md
index 6758b8af36a..3472f604aae 100644
--- a/site/docs/develop/kernel.md
+++ b/site/docs/develop/kernel.md
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ a so-called commit operation instructs Nessie to record the new state in a Nessi
 carries the `Content` object(s).
 
 `IcebergTable` contains the _current_ and _global_ pointer to Iceberg's table metadata plus the
-ID of the snapshot defined in the table metadata. Since Iceberg's table metadata manages information
-that must be consistent across all branches in Nessie, it is stored as so-called _global state_.
-The value of the snapshot-ID is stored per Nessie named reference (branch or tag).
+IDs of the snapshot, schema, partition spec, sort order defined in the table metadata.
+- Since Iceberg's table metadata manages information that must be consistent across all branches in Nessie, it is stored as so-called _global state_.
+- The value of the snapshot-ID, schema-ID, partition-spec-ID, sort-order-ID is stored per Nessie named reference (branch or tag).
+For more information, please refer the spec [On Reference State vs Global State](spec.md#on-reference-state-vs-global-state)
 
 Updating _global-state_ and _on-reference-state_ are technically operations against two different
 entities in Nessie's backend database. Classic, relational databases (usually) come with a
@@ -191,7 +192,8 @@ conditional updates to multiple rows/records is either not supported at all or e
 
 Nessie differentiates between content types that do require so called _global-state_ and those
 that do not. Apache Iceberg is currently the only content type that supports global state:
-the pointer to the Iceberg "Table Metadata" is tracked as "global state" and the Iceberg snapshot ID
+the pointer to the Iceberg "Table Metadata" is tracked as "global state" and 
+the Iceberg snapshot ID, schema ID, partition spec ID, sort order ID
 is tracker per _Nessie named reference_. For _Nessie commits_, which are atomic, this means that
 Nessie has to update both the global-state and the on-reference-state for the Iceberg table. While
 this is not an issue with a relational/transactional database, it is an issue in a key-value store.
diff --git a/site/docs/develop/spec.md b/site/docs/develop/spec.md
index 86ea63ddad8..0abde8012bb 100644
--- a/site/docs/develop/spec.md
+++ b/site/docs/develop/spec.md
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ same physical table but with different state of the data and potentially differe
 table formats like Apache Iceberg require Nessie to refer to a single _Global State_, in case of
 Iceberg the _table metadata_. This _Global State_ is not versioned in Nessie, because it has to
 contain enough information to resolve all information in all Nessie commits.
+the IDs of the _Iceberg snapshot_, _Iceberg schema_, _Iceberg partition spec_, _Iceberg sort order_ 
+within the Iceberg _table metadata_ is stored per Nessie named reference(branch or tag)
+as so-called _on-reference-state_.
 
 !!! note
     The term _all information in all Nessie commits_ used above precisely means all information
@@ -103,16 +106,14 @@ a new Iceberg snapshot. Any Nessie commit refers to a particular Iceberg snapsho
 table, which translates to the state of an Iceberg table for a particular Nessie commit.
 
 Nessie needs to track Iceberg's _table metadata_ as so called _Global State_ within Nessie to
-ensure that schema evolution works as expected.
+ensure that table evolution and other operations like delete work as expected.
 
 The Nessie `IcebergTable` object passed to Nessie in a [_Put operation_](#put-operation) therefore
 consists of
 
-1. the pointer to the Iceberg _table metadata_ and
-2. the ID of the _Iceberg snapshot_ within the Iceberg _table metadata_.
-
-The pointer to the Iceberg table is recorded as _Global State_ and the ID of the Iceberg snapshot
-is recorded within the _Put operation_ in a Nessie commit.
+1. the pointer to the Iceberg _table metadata_ (so called _Global State_) and
+2. the IDs of the _Iceberg snapshot_, _Iceberg schema_, _Iceberg partition spec_, _Iceberg sort order_ 
+within the Iceberg _table metadata_.  (so called _On Reference State_)
 
 !!! note
     This model puts a strong restriction on the Iceberg table. All metadata JSON documents must be