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• Binary (as opposed to text, like JSON, for performance reasons)
• Supports nested object graphs
• Supports primitives, not only objects (for example, integer or Guid value can be serialized independently)
• Supports streaming: multiple values one after another in the same buffer / stream.
• Schemaless: any object of any type can be written without prior set up
  • For Table APIs (when the schema is present), we can use field IDs instead of names for performance reasons
• Can work without classes ("binary mode" in terms of 2.x): servers should be able to inspect the structure in serialized form
• Extensible (can add custom types)
• Well-supported implementations in all languages of interest (Java, C#, C++, Python, JavaScript, PHP)
  • With compatible license
• Fast and compact

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