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Turn your event-driven architecture into a visual story everyone can follow
Centralized architecture visualization.
EventCatalog's visualizer provides teams with a comprehensive view of events, services, domains, and their relationships, all in one place, enhancing clarity and collaboration.
Simplify and accelerate architecture understanding.
Help teams quickly find and explore components, reducing complexity and speeding up the understanding of your architecture.
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Use markdown files (powered with MDX) to document and visualize your events, services, and domains. Utilize EventCatalog components, write custom components and version control with Git.
Built for high-level overviews and deep dives.
Empower teams to visualize and explore events, services, and domains, facilitating collaboration between technical and non-technical members.
Documentation as code
Treat your documentation as code. Use markdown files to document your architecture, keep your documentation up to date and version control with Git.
Markdown Powered
Write documentation in markdown with support for rich components.
Version Control
Track changes and maintain versions of your messages, schemas, services and domains alongside your code.
Quickly find insights
Find and explore documentation with powerful search or talk to your architecture with EventCatalog Chat.
Technology agnostic
Supports any broker and schema in the world. Use our integrations or EventCatalog SDK to integrate with any technology.
---
name: Orders Service
version: 0.0.1
summary: Event emitted when a new order is created
owner: Commerce Team
tags:
- commerce
- orders
sends:
- id: OrderCreated
- id: OrderPlaced
- id: ShipmentRequested
receives:
- id: InventoryUpdated
- id: ShipmentConfirmed
---
# Order Service
This service is responsible for creating and managing orders in the system.
It handles the entire order lifecycle from creation to fulfillment, including payment processing and inventory checks.
## Key Features
- Order creation and validation
- Payment processing integration
- Shipment coordination
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Automate and integrate with any technology
Automate your documentation using the EventCatalog SDK. This allows you to keep your documentation up-to-date effortlessly, ensuring accuracy and saving time.
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Senior Solutions Architect, AWS
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Software Architect, Propelus
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Staff Software Engineer, Globo
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Tim Haselaars
Product Manager, Apideck
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Fullstack developer, Cloud lover
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Jan Wagebach
PRISMA, CTO
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