# Schema Registry

> A technique for storing every published schema and its versions in one registry that producers and consumers check against.

Record: `lexicon:schema-registry`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-schema-registry

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Binary Schema Encoding](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/binary-schema-encoding.md) and before [Ad-Hoc Permission Checks](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ad-hoc-permission-checks.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## Refactors

- [Schema Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/schema-drift.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)
- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)