diff --git a/schema.go b/schema.go
index 6c0018f..02950ca 100644
--- a/schema.go
+++ b/schema.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"hash"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -95,6 +96,12 @@ const (
 	SHA256    FingerprintType = "SHA256"
 )
 
+var fingerprinters = map[FingerprintType]hash.Hash{
+	CRC64Avro: crc64.New(),
+	MD5:       md5.New(),
+	SHA256:    sha256.New(),
+}
+
 // SchemaCache is a cache of schemas.
 type SchemaCache struct {
 	cache sync.Map // map[string]Schema
@@ -136,6 +143,9 @@ type Schema interface {
 	// String returns the canonical form of the schema.
 	String() string
 
+	// Resolve returns the resolved canonical form of the schema.
+	Resolve(cache *SchemaCache) string
+
 	// Fingerprint returns the SHA256 fingerprint of the schema.
 	Fingerprint() [32]byte
 
@@ -283,23 +293,14 @@ func (f *fingerprinter) FingerprintUsing(typ FingerprintType, stringer fmt.Strin
 		return v.([]byte), nil
 	}
 
-	data := []byte(stringer.String())
-
-	var fingerprint []byte
-	switch typ {
-	case CRC64Avro:
-		h := crc64.Sum(data)
-		fingerprint = h[:]
-	case MD5:
-		h := md5.Sum(data)
-		fingerprint = h[:]
-	case SHA256:
-		h := sha256.Sum256(data)
-		fingerprint = h[:]
-	default:
+	h, ok := fingerprinters[typ]
+	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("avro: unknown fingerprint algorithm %s", typ)
 	}
 
+	h.Reset()
+	_, _ = h.Write([]byte(stringer.String()))
+	fingerprint := h.Sum(make([]byte, 0, h.Size()))
 	f.cache.Store(typ, fingerprint)
 	return fingerprint, nil
 }
@@ -492,6 +493,11 @@ func (s *PrimitiveSchema) String() string {
 	return `{"type":"` + string(s.typ) + `",` + s.logical.String() + `}`
 }
 
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *PrimitiveSchema) Resolve(_ *SchemaCache) string {
+	return s.String()
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
 func (s *PrimitiveSchema) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	if s.logical == nil && len(s.props) == 0 {
@@ -609,8 +615,48 @@ func (s *RecordSchema) String() string {
 	if len(fields) > 0 {
 		fields = fields[:len(fields)-1]
 	}
+	if len(s.Namespace()) == 0 {
+		return `{"name":"` + s.FullName() + `","type":"` + typ + `","fields":[` + fields + `]}`
+	} else {
+		return `{"namespace":"` + s.Namespace() + `","name":"` + s.Name() + `","type":"` + typ + `","fields":[` + fields + `]}`
+	}
+}
+
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *RecordSchema) Resolve(cache *SchemaCache) string {
+	typ := "record"
+	if s.isError {
+		typ = "error"
+	}
+
+	fields := ""
+	for _, f := range s.fields {
+		switch lookup := f.typ.(type) {
+		case *RefSchema:
+			switch found := lookup.actual.(type) {
+			case *RecordSchema:
+				if strings.Contains(found.full, ".") {
+					fields += `{"name":"` + f.Name() + `","type":` + found.Resolve(cache) + `},`
+				} else {
+					fields += f.String() + ","
+				}
+			default:
+				fields += f.String() + ","
+			}
+		default:
+			fields += f.String() + ","
+		}
+	}
+	if len(fields) > 0 {
+		fields = fields[:len(fields)-1]
+	}
+
+	if len(s.Namespace()) == 0 {
+		return `{"name":"` + s.FullName() + `","type":"` + typ + `","fields":[` + fields + `]}`
+	} else {
+		return `{"namespace":"` + s.Namespace() + `","name":"` + s.Name() + `","type":"` + typ + `","fields":[` + fields + `]}`
+	}
 
-	return `{"name":"` + s.FullName() + `","type":"` + typ + `","fields":[` + fields + `]}`
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
@@ -966,8 +1012,17 @@ func (s *EnumSchema) String() string {
 	if len(symbols) > 0 {
 		symbols = symbols[:len(symbols)-1]
 	}
+	if len(s.Namespace()) == 0 {
+		return `{"name":"` + s.FullName() + `","type":"enum","symbols":[` + symbols + `]}`
+	} else {
+		return `{"namespace":"` + s.Namespace() + `","name":"` + s.Name() + `","type":"enum","symbols":[` + symbols + `]}`
+	}
 
-	return `{"name":"` + s.FullName() + `","type":"enum","symbols":[` + symbols + `]}`
+}
+
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *EnumSchema) Resolve(_ *SchemaCache) string {
+	return s.String()
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
@@ -1060,6 +1115,11 @@ func (s *ArraySchema) String() string {
 	return `{"type":"array","items":` + s.items.String() + `}`
 }
 
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *ArraySchema) Resolve(_ *SchemaCache) string {
+	return s.String()
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
 func (s *ArraySchema) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
@@ -1130,6 +1190,11 @@ func (s *MapSchema) String() string {
 	return `{"type":"map","values":` + s.values.String() + `}`
 }
 
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *MapSchema) Resolve(_ *SchemaCache) string {
+	return s.String()
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
 func (s *MapSchema) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
@@ -1242,6 +1307,19 @@ func (s *UnionSchema) String() string {
 	return `[` + types + `]`
 }
 
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *UnionSchema) Resolve(cache *SchemaCache) string {
+	types := ""
+	for _, typ := range s.types {
+		types += typ.Resolve(cache) + ","
+	}
+	if len(types) > 0 {
+		types = types[:len(types)-1]
+	}
+
+	return `[` + types + `]`
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
 func (s *UnionSchema) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return jsoniter.Marshal(s.types)
@@ -1323,7 +1401,12 @@ func (s *FixedSchema) String() string {
 		logical = "," + s.logical.String()
 	}
 
-	return `{"name":"` + s.FullName() + `","type":"fixed","size":` + size + logical + `}`
+	return `{"namespace":"` + s.Namespace() + `","name":"` + s.Name() + `","type":"fixed","size":` + size + logical + `}`
+}
+
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *FixedSchema) Resolve(_ *SchemaCache) string {
+	return s.String()
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
@@ -1386,6 +1469,11 @@ func (s *NullSchema) String() string {
 	return `"null"`
 }
 
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *NullSchema) Resolve(_ *SchemaCache) string {
+	return s.String()
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
 func (s *NullSchema) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(`"null"`), nil
@@ -1433,6 +1521,11 @@ func (s *RefSchema) String() string {
 	return `"` + s.actual.FullName() + `"`
 }
 
+// Resolve returns the resolved form of the schema.
+func (s *RefSchema) Resolve(cache *SchemaCache) string {
+	return s.actual.Resolve(cache)
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON marshals the schema to json.
 func (s *RefSchema) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(`"` + s.actual.FullName() + `"`), nil