SCHEMA-REGISTRY
The central service versioning Avro/Protobuf/JSON-Schema schemas.
Definition
Features: new schema registration, compatibility verification (backward/forward/full), evolution under rules (Confluent compatibility levels), inter-schema references, RBAC. For modern EDI: register the canonical JSON Order/Invoice schema, verify any update remains backward-compat before producing Kafka messages.
Origin
Concept popularised by Confluent in 2015 for Apache Kafka.
Example in context
A CanonicalOrder v3.2.0 JSON-Schema registered in Apicurio Registry with backward-compat checks enabled.