SCHEMA-REGISTRY-CONFLUENT

Confluent Kafka schema registry.

Definition

Schema Registry exposes subjects (typically <topic>-value, <topic>-key) with schema versions. Compatibility modes: BACKWARD, BACKWARD_TRANSITIVE, FORWARD, FORWARD_TRANSITIVE, FULL, FULL_TRANSITIVE, NONE. Open-source (Apache 2.0) + Confluent Cloud managed. Stream Governance for data contracts.

Origin

Created by Confluent in 2015 ; integrated in Confluent Cloud since 2019 ; Stream Governance launched 2022.

Example in context

A Java service publishes Avro events to a topic, the Schema Registry validates backward compatibility before accepting.

Related terms

• Avro — dominant format.