[MAHOUT-274] Use avro for serialization of structured documents.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.4
• Fix Version/s: 0.5
• Labels: avro mapreduce serialization writable
• Assignee: Drew Farris
• Reporter: Drew Farris
• Created: 05/Feb/10 16:38
• Updated: 21/May/11 03:18
• Resolved: 17/Jan/11 15:52

Description

Explore the intersection between Writables and Avro to see how serialization can be improved within Mahout.

An intermediate goal is the provide a structured document format that can be serialized using Avro as an Input/OutputFormat and Writable