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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.

  • Avro — common schema format.
  • Protobuf — common schema format.

Last updated: May 14, 2026