3903 Apache Avro Text (Structured) Avro is a framework developed within Apache's Hadoop project for row-oriented remote procedure calls and data serialization. It employs JSON to define data types and protocols, and serializes data into a compact binary format. 1 Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives 28 Jan 2025 28 Jan 2025 fmt/2029 PUID avro File extension 3392 Apache Avro Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes: Obj.{2}avro.(codec|sync){8-50}schema{3}”type”{2-65}”name” 1 Absolute from BOF 0 0 4F626A01{2}6176726F2E(636F646563|73796E63){8-50}736368656D61{3}227479706522{2-65}226E616D6522