PayloadIntegration
PayloadIntegration is the discipline concerned with ensuring that the data payloads carried by messages, API requests, events, and other inter-system communications are correctly formed, transmitted, and interpreted across heterogeneous environments. It encompasses design, mapping, transformation, validation, and routing of payload data to support reliable data exchange in distributed systems.
Its core artifacts include payload contracts, schemas, and metadata; serialization formats such as JSON, XML, and
Common applications include API gateways shaping inbound and outbound payloads, message brokers and event buses carrying
Lifecycle and governance involve specification design, version control, contract testing, deployment in staging and production, monitoring
Key challenges include managing schema evolution and backward compatibility, dealing with changing data formats, handling large