TECHNOLOGY

CloudEvents

CloudEvents is a CNCF specification for describing event data in a common, portable envelope.

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Role

CloudEvents standardizes common event metadata so that producers, transports and consumers can exchange event records with fewer platform-specific assumptions.

Use

Electronic Artefacts can use it as a reference when defining VASTE event envelopes and public event projections.

References

See the CloudEvents specification and Event-Driven Architecture.

Identity and publication

Record metadata

Entity ID: ea:technology:cloudevents
Publication class: canonical
Status: active
Maturity: production
Confidence: canonical
Published: 2026-06-24
Modified: 2026-06-24
Version: 1.0.0

Citation

How to cite this record

CloudEvents. 1.0.0. Electronic Artefacts, 2026-06-24. https://electronicartefacts.com/knowledge/technologies/cloudevents/

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implementation

Uses technology

Event-Driven Architecture and Event Streams

Event-Driven Architecture and Event Streams uses CloudEvents as an interoperable event-envelope reference.

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