# Add schemas to data stores

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**Added in** `eventcatalog@2.59.0`

EventCatalog supports any schema format.

When you document your [data stores](/docs/development/guides/resources/data/introduction.md), you may want to include schemas, queries, or other files that explain the data store.

You can attach this information in two ways:

* [Use codeblocks to render your schema](#using-codeblocks-to-render-your-schema)
* [Use the `<Schema/>` component to render your schema from a file](#using-the-schema-component-to-render-your-schema-from-a-file)

## Using codeblocks to render your schema[​](#using-codeblocks-to-render-your-schema "Direct link to Using codeblocks to render your schema")

You can use codeblocks to render your schema directly in your Markdown files.

Here is an example of a SQL codeblock:

````
```sql
CREATE TABLE users (
  id INT PRIMARY KEY,
  name VARCHAR(255),
  email VARCHAR(255)
);
```
````

You can learn more about codeblocks and configuring them in the [codeblocks documentation](/docs/api/code-blocks.md).

## Using the `<Schema/>` component to render your schema from a file[​](#using-the-schema-component-to-render-your-schema-from-a-file "Direct link to using-the-schema-component-to-render-your-schema-from-a-file")

If you prefer to keep your schemas or queries in separate files, add them to the data store folder and render them with the `<Schema/>` component.

* containers

  <!-- -->

  /

  * OrdersDatabase

    <!-- -->

    /

    * index.mdx
    * schema.sql
    * queries.sql

/containers/OrdersDatabase/index.mdx

```
<!-- Render the file into your page -->
<Schema file="schema.sql" lang="sql" title="Users Table" />

<!-- Render the schemas separately in an AccordionGroup -->
<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Users Table">
    <!-- Load the schema from the file -->
    <Schema file="schema.sql" lang="sql" title="Users Table" />
  </Accordion>
  <Accordion title="Common Queries">
    <!-- Load the queries from the file -->
    <Schema file="queries.sql" lang="sql" title="Common Queries" />
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>
```

You can see an example of this in the [EventCatalog Demo](https://demo.eventcatalog.dev/docs/containers/orders-db/0.0.1).

Versioning information

Everything in EventCatalog can be versioned. When your data store changes, keep older documentation in a `versioned` folder and add a `changelog.mdx` file to explain what changed.