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It looks like the use case is specifying types for dataflow operators (aka endpoints for dataflow pipes) [0] and I surmise composition should be super easy. I was surprised not to see any mention of XML or XML Schema as prior art, especially with their discussion of schema registries. Edit: Oh, the point of reference is Kafka [1]

[0] https://zed.brimdata.io/docs/language/overview/ [1] https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/i...

I also thought about XML. It has the Document Object Model (DOM), the structure which describes the data.

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