# Events

> Records of things that have happened in a system, emitted for other components to react to.

Record: `lexicon:events`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-events

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Event Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/event-semantics.md) and before [Immutable Events](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/immutable-events.md).

## Category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## Required by

- [Event-Driven Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/event-driven-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)
- [Domain Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-domain-concerns.md)