dent requirements along the way.</p>
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<p>Flexibility is key here, both in evolution and validation.</p>
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<h3 id="default-values"><a class="anchor" href="#default-values"></a>Default values</h3>
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<p>Required fields in Avro support the provision of default values, which are a different way of making schema evolution easier. In fact, it provides <a href="https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/schema-registry/avro.html#ful