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4.16 When to Use the Enhanced Data Model
The enhanced data model offers rich features, but breaks backward compatibility.

The classic model is simple, well-understood, and had been around for a long time. The enhanced data model offers many new features for structuring data. Data producers must choose which data model to use.

Reasons to use the classic model:

Reasons to use the ehanced model:

 


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