Github user aljoscha commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1040#discussion_r37697987
--- Diff: docs/apis/streaming_guide.md ---
@@ -1517,11 +1517,24 @@ Stream connectors
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-Connectors provide an interface for accessing data from various third
party sources (message queues). Currently three connectors are natively
supported, namely [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/),
[RabbitMQ](http://www.rabbitmq.com/) and the [Twitter Streaming
API](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-apis).
+Connectors provide code for interfacing with various third-party systems.
+Currently these systems are supported:
-Typically the connector packages consist of a source and sink class (with
the exception of Twitter where only a source is provided). To use these sources
the user needs to pass Serialization/Deserialization schemas for the connectors
for the desired types. (Or use some predefined ones)
+ * [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/)
--- End diff --
The source/sink would be helpful. The documentation might need a
restructure anyways. The information about sources/sinks is scattered across
the "Connecting to the Outside World" and "Connectors" sections.
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