Schema governance doesn’t have to stop at the broker. In this session, discover how Apache Pulsar now supports direct integration with external schema registries — a major step toward unified data governance across your entire streaming ecosystem.

Based on Pulsar Improvement Proposal (PIP) 420, this talk introduces a new capability that decouples schema management from the broker, enabling Pulsar clients to work seamlessly with third-party schema registry services like Confluent Schema Registry.

You’ll learn:

• Why decoupling schema management unifies governance and simplifies geo-replication
• How Pulsar clients connect to external registries for schema storage, retrieval, and validation
• Practical, code-level examples of producing and consuming messages using an external schema
• Best practices for centralized schema control and cross-platform compatibility

Whether you’re a data architect, engineer, or developer, you’ll leave with a blueprint for building a unified schema governance strategy for Apache Pulsar in a multi-system streaming environment.