diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/constants.py b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/constants.py
index 91d30d035d..78635ca359 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/constants.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/constants.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from enum import Enum, auto
 
+COLUMN_PLACEHOLDER = "{}"
 
 class AutoName(Enum):
     """
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/metadata/__init__.py b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/metadata/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d83f7c65e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/metadata/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TableFQN:
+    catalog: str | None
+    schema: str
+    name: str
+
+    @property
+    def fqn(self) -> str:
+        if self.catalog:
+            return f"{self.catalog}.{self.schema}.{self.name}"
+        else:
+            return f"{self.schema}.{self.name}"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class FieldInfo:
+    name: str
+    data_type: str
+    nullable: bool | None = None
+    metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TableDefinition:
+    fqn: TableFQN
+    location: str | None = None
+    table_format: str | None = None
+    view_text: str | None = None
+    columns: list[FieldInfo] = field(default_factory=list)
+    primary_keys: list[str] | None = None
+    size_gb: int = 0
+    comment: str | None = None
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/__init__.py b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/databricks.py b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/databricks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10476f8958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/databricks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from sqlglot import parse_one
+from sqlglot.dialects import Dialect
+from sqlglot.expressions import Cast, Column, Expression, DataType
+
+from databricks.labs.remorph.recon.normalization.normalizer import Normalizer
+
+
+class DatabricksNormalizer(Normalizer):
+    def __init__(self, dialect: Dialect, default_normalizations: dict[str, str]):
+        super().__init__(dialect, default_normalizations)
+
+    def normalize(self, data_type: DataType, column: Column) -> Expression:
+        if data_type.this == DataType.Type.BOOLEAN:
+            return self.to_string(Cast(this=column, to=DataType.Type.INT))
+        if data_type.this == DataType.Type.DATE:
+            return parse_one(f"date_format({column.sql()}, 'yyyy-MM-dd')", dialect=self.dialect)
+        # if TIMESTAMP type
+        # convert to a string with 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS' format
+        # if fractional number type
+        # value = parse_one(f"cast({column.sql()} as decimal(38, {scale}))", dialect=self.dialect)
+        # if scale > 0:
+        #     value = parse_one(f"format_number({value.sql()}, {scale})", dialect=self.dialect)
+        # return parse_one(f"replace({self.to_string(value)}, ',', '')", dialect=self.dialect)
+        return self.apply_default_normalizations(data_type, column)
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/normalizer.py b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/normalizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..082a36fb45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/normalizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from abc import abstractmethod, ABC
+
+from sqlglot import parse_one
+from sqlglot.dialects import Dialect
+from sqlglot.expressions import Cast, Column, Expression, DataType
+
+from databricks.labs.remorph.reconcile.constants import COLUMN_PLACEHOLDER
+
+
+class Normalizer(ABC):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        dialect: Dialect,
+        default_normalizations: dict[str, str],
+    ):
+        self._dialect = dialect
+        self._default_normalizations = self._prep_default_normalizations(default_normalizations)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def normalize(self, data_type: DataType, column: Column) -> Expression:
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def dialect(self) -> Dialect:
+        return self._dialect
+
+    def apply_default_normalizations(self, data_type: DataType, column: Column) -> Expression:
+        transformation = self._default_normalizations.get(data_type)
+        if not transformation:
+            return column
+        if COLUMN_PLACEHOLDER in transformation:
+            return parse_one(transformation.format(column.sql()), dialect=self.dialect)
+        return parse_one(transformation, dialect=self.dialect)
+
+    def to_string(self, expr: Expression):
+        return Cast(this=expr, to=DataType.Type.TEXT)
+
+    def _prep_default_normalizations(self, default_normalizations: dict[str, str]) -> dict[DataType, str]:
+        if not default_normalizations:
+            return {}
+
+        normalizations = {}
+        for dt, expr in default_normalizations.items():
+            data_type = DataType.build(dt, dialect=self.dialect, udt=True)
+            normalizations[data_type] = expr
+        return normalizations
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/oracle.py b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/oracle.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c0b06149f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/oracle.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from sqlglot.dialects import Dialect
+from sqlglot.expressions import Cast, Column, Expression, DataType, Trim
+
+from databricks.labs.remorph.recon.normalization.normalizer import Normalizer
+
+
+class OracleNormalizer(Normalizer):
+    def __init__(self, dialect: Dialect, default_normalizations: dict[str, str]):
+        super().__init__(dialect, default_normalizations)
+
+    def normalize(self, data_type: DataType, column: Column) -> Expression:
+        if data_type.this == DataType.Type.BOOLEAN:
+            return self.to_string(column)
+        if data_type.this == DataType.Type.UUID:
+            return Cast(this=Trim(this=column), to=DataType.build("VARCHAR(36)", dialect=self.dialect))
+        if data_type.this == DataType.Type.DATE:
+            return self.to_string(column)
+        # if TIMESTAMP type
+        # convert to a string with 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF6' format
+        # if fractional number type
+        # convert to a string with FM999.9990 based format based on precision and scale
+        return self.apply_default_normalizations(data_type, column)
+
+    def to_string(self, expr: Expression):
+        return Cast(this=expr, to=DataType.build("VARCHAR(1024)", dialect=self.dialect))
diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/snow.py b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/snow.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..607e8b4097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/remorph/reconcile/normalization/snow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from sqlglot.dialects import Dialect
+from sqlglot.expressions import Cast, Column, Expression, DataType
+
+from databricks.labs.remorph.recon.normalization.normalizer import Normalizer
+
+
+class SnowNormalizer(Normalizer):
+    def __init__(self, dialect: Dialect, default_normalizations: dict[str, str]):
+        super().__init__(dialect, default_normalizations)
+
+    def normalize(self, data_type: DataType, column: Column) -> Expression:
+        if data_type.this == DataType.Type.BOOLEAN:
+            return self.to_string(Cast(this=column, to=DataType.Type.INT))
+        if data_type.this == DataType.Type.UUID:
+            return self.to_string(column)
+        if data_type.this == DataType.Type.DATE:
+            return self.to_string(column)
+        # if TIMESTAMP type
+        # convert to a string with 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF6' format
+        # if fractional number type
+        # convert to a string with CAST(column AS DECIMAL(38, scale))
+        return self.apply_default_normalizations(data_type, column)