Topic Converters in addition to Schema Converters

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Topic converters will be more flexible than schema converters. Where schema converters assume a 1:1 relationship between proprietary schemas and well-known schemas, topic converters do not have this restriction. They can produce new topics from one or more input topics. These new topics can output custom types or other well-known schemas.

While this can be achieved through user scripts, it has his disadvantages of impact on tool performance. But adding this to foxglove extension will have scope to new customized extensions.

https://foxglove.dev/blog/announcing-topic-message-converters
https://docs.foxglove.dev/docs/extensions/guides/create-topic-converter