Why use AVRO and AVRO Schema?
There are several serialized file formats out there, so chosing the one most suited for your needs is crucial. This blog entry will not compare them, but it will just point out some advantages of AVRO and AVRO Schema for an Apache Hadoop ™ based system.
- Avro schema can be written in JSON
- Avro schema is always present with data, getting rid of the need to know the schema before accessing the data
