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+dataContractSpecification: 0.9.0
+id: my-data-contract-id
+info:
+  title: My Data Contract
+  version: 0.0.1
+schema:
+  type: dbt
+  specification: |-
+    version: 2
+    models:
+      - name: my_table
+        description: "contains data"
+        config:
+          materialized: table
+        columns:
+          - name: my_column
+            data_type: text
+            description: "contains values"