# Structured Events

> Log entries emitted as structured, machine-parsable records rather than free-form text.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Noise/Personal Data Leakage](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/noise-personal-data-leakage.md) and before [Alert Noise](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/alert-noise.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Logging](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/logging.md)

## Linked from

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