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by andrioni 3715 days ago
In the spec[1] there is a definition of an "object container file" which includes the schema, and is the default format used whenever you save an Avro file. You can even use it whenever sending Avro data through the wire, if you don't mind paying the extra space cost.

[1]: http://avro.apache.org/docs/1.7.7/spec.html