Yes, by a URL. Messages would be smaller in size when we store large numbers of them, and we can always get the schema using the reference if necessary. Similar to what we can do with WSDL having a reference to the XSD.
Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Cutting <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 12:20 PM Subject: Re: schema by reference On 12/06/2011 09:31 AM, Neil Davudo wrote: > Does Avro provide a mechanism to refer to the schema by reference? E.g., by URL? No, nothing like that is built in. What is the use you have in mind for such a feature? Doug
