# Event Metadata

> Descriptive fields attached to an event, such as its identifiers, timestamps, and causation links.

Record: `lexicon:event-metadata`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-event-metadata

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cause-Effect Reconstruction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cause-effect-reconstruction.md) and before [Metadata Verbosity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/metadata-verbosity.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## Required by

- [Causation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causation-id.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)