{"id":188,"date":"2021-02-02T20:01:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/?p=188"},"modified":"2021-02-02T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:01:07","slug":"pegasus-data-language-evolving-schema-definitions-for-data-modeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2021\/02\/02\/pegasus-data-language-evolving-schema-definitions-for-data-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Pegasus Data Language: Evolving schema definitions for data modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pegasus Data Schema (PDSC<\/a>) is a Pegasus schema definition language that has been used for data modeling with Rest.li<\/a> services for years. It’s the underlying language that helps define data models, describe the data returned by REST endpoints, and generate derivative schemas for other uses, such as XML schemas and various database schemas. However, writing PDSC files is hard and often error-prone because they can be verbose and lack integrated developer environment (IDE) support.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With this in mind, we are excited to announce the general availability of Pegasus Data Language (PDL<\/a>) as a new Pegasus schema definition language to replace PDSC. In open sourcing PDL, we hope to help Rest.li developers bring in a new standard for defining schemas in a more user-friendly format. In this blog, we discuss the differences between PDL and PDSC, the process of migrating existing PDSC to PDL, and future plans for PDL.<\/p>\n

Why Pegasus Data Language?<\/h2>\n

As the successor to PDSC, PDL was developed to address user experience issues with PDSC and decrease the number of errors while writing schemas. PDL boasts a multitude of improvements, including a Java-like syntax that makes it more readable and rich editor support bundled with LinkedIn\u2019s IntelliJ plugin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Core features<\/h2>\n

Although PDSC has a syntax that is a subset of JSON<\/a>, it lacks in readability. Therefore, in developing PDL, we knew a priority would be to design it to be easier to read. PDL also features extra shorthand that developers can leverage to write less lines of code and make their schemas easier to understand.<\/p>\n

Java-like syntax
<\/b>PDL and PDSC are fully compatible. Developers will write less for the same schema than they would if they used PDL instead of PDSC.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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