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fix: restore deleted schema description and remove incorrect Go example
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### 6.6. Using Schema Transforms {#using-schemas}

A schema on a `PCollection` enables a rich variety of relational transforms. The fact that each record is composed of
named fields allows for simple and readable aggregations that reference fields by name, similar to the aggregations in
a SQL expression.
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Why did you remove this?



{{< paragraph class="language-go">}}
Beam does not yet support Schema transforms natively in Go. However, it will be implemented with the following behavior.
Support for Schema Transforms hasn't been developed for the Go SDK yet.
{{< /paragraph >}}




#### 6.6.1. Field selection syntax

The advantage of schemas is that they allow referencing of element fields by name. Beam provides a selection syntax for
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