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# Managing data schemas in Managed Service for Apache Kafka®

Yandex Managed Service for Apache Kafka® uses [data format schemas](../../managed-kafka/concepts/managed-schema-registry.md) to describe the formats of data input and output. Based on the data format schema, the producer generates and the consumer interprets messages from topics.

Such schemas are stored in a schema registry. For Yandex Managed Service for Apache Kafka®, you can:

* Use an [integrated registry](managed-schema-registry.md).
* Use an [integrated registry](managed-schema-registry-rest.md) via the REST API.
* Set up and use the [Confluent registry](confluent-schema-registry.md).