diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/SQLViewRepresentation.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/SQLViewRepresentation.java
similarity index 93%
rename from core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/SQLViewRepresentation.java
rename to api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/SQLViewRepresentation.java
index 41124d9dde03..fb7425cacbc7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/SQLViewRepresentation.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/SQLViewRepresentation.java
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.iceberg.view;
 
-import org.immutables.value.Value;
-
-@Value.Immutable
+/** SQLViewRepresentation represents views in SQL with a given dialect */
 public interface SQLViewRepresentation extends ViewRepresentation {
 
   @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/BaseSQLViewRepresentation.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/BaseSQLViewRepresentation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee4795ebd571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/BaseSQLViewRepresentation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.iceberg.view;
+
+import org.immutables.value.Value;
+
+@Value.Immutable
+@Value.Include(value = SQLViewRepresentation.class)
+@SuppressWarnings("ImmutablesStyle")
+@Value.Style(
+    typeImmutable = "ImmutableSQLViewRepresentation",
+    visibilityString = "PUBLIC",
+    builderVisibilityString = "PUBLIC")
+interface BaseSQLViewRepresentation extends SQLViewRepresentation {}