# Message Queue/Topics

> The durable queues and topics through which a broker routes messages to consumers.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Local Transaction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/local-transaction.md) and before [Message Relay](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/message-relay.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Message Broker](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/message-broker.md)

## Linked from

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