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			<p>Used for multiple purposes:</p>

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<li><p>Can be used to set metadata on a the extracted <code>DataFrame</code>. Note this will overwrite the existing metadata if it exists.</p></li>

<li><p>Can be used to specify a schema in case of no input files. This stage will create an empty <code>DataFrame</code> with this schema so any downstream logic that depend