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+namespace com.linkedin.metadata.events
+
+/**
+* A base record containing ingestion mode of aspects
+* Usage: Aspects can include this record to specify ingestion mode
+*/
+record BaseIngestionMode {
+
+ /**
+ * Mode used when writing aspect metadata into backend
+ */
+ writeMode: optional enum WriteMode {
+   /**
+   * Default write mode. Same behavior as not setting writeMode
+   */
+   DEFAULT
+
+   /**
+   * Override checks that may skip metadata write (eg equality check)
+   */
+   OVERRIDE
+ }
+
+}
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