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+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2019-09/schema",
+  "$id": "urn:cps:org.onap.cps.ncmp.events:avc-event-schema:v1",
+  "$ref": "#/definitions/AvcEvent",
+  "definitions": {
+    "AvcEvent": {
+      "description": "The payload for AVC event.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "eventId": {
+          "description": "The unique id identifying the event generated by DMI for this AVC event.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "eventCorrelationId": {
+          "description": "The request id passed by NCMP for this AVC event.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "eventTime": {
+          "description": "The time of the AVC event. The expected format is 'yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ'.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "eventTarget": {
+          "description": "The target of the AVC event.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "eventType": {
+          "description": "The type of the AVC event.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "eventSchema": {
+          "description": "The event schema for AVC events.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "eventSchemaVersion": {
+          "description": "The event schema version for AVC events.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "event": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/Event"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "eventId",
+        "eventCorrelationId",
+        "eventTime",
+        "eventTarget",
+        "eventType",
+        "eventSchema",
+        "eventSchemaVersion"
+      ]
+    },
+    "Event": {
+      "description": "The AVC event content.",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  }
+}
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