11 Schema registry
This chapters covers
- Developing a proposed Kafka maturity model
- The value schemas can provide for your data as it changes
- Reviewing Avro and data serialization
- Compatibility rules for schema changes over time
As you have discovered the various ways to use Apache Kafka, it might be an interesting experiment to think about how you view Kafka the more you utilize it. As enterprises (or even tools) grow, they can sometimes be modeled with maturity levels. Martin Fowler provides a great explanation for this at https://martinfowler.com/bliki/MaturityModel.html [1]. Fowler also has a good example that explains the Richardson Maturity Model, which looks at REST [2]. For even further reference, the original talk, “Justice Will Take ...
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