Managing data schemas in Managed Service for Apache Kafka®

Managed Service for Apache Kafka® uses data format schemas to describe the formats of data input and output. Based on the data format schema, the producer generates and the consumer interprets messages from topics.

Such schemas are stored in a schema registry. For Managed Service for Apache Kafka®, you can:

• Use an integrated registry.
• Use an integrated registry through the REST API.
• Set up and use the Confluent registry.