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+{
+
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2019-09/schema",
+  "$id": "urn:cps:org.onap.cps:data-updated-event-schema:1.1.0-SNAPSHOT",
+
+  "$ref": "#/definitions/CpsDataUpdatedEvent",
+
+  "definitions": {
+
+    "CpsDataUpdatedEvent": {
+      "description": "The payload for CPS data updated event.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "schema": {
+          "description": "The schema, including its version, that this event adheres to.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "urn:cps:org.onap.cps:data-updated-event-schema:1.1.0-SNAPSHOT",
+          "enum": ["urn:cps:org.onap.cps:data-updated-event-schema:1.1.0-SNAPSHOT"]
+        },
+        "id": {
+          "description": "The unique id identifying the event for the specified source. Producer must ensure that source + id is unique for each distinct event.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "source": {
+          "description": "The source of the event. Producer must ensure that source + id is unique for each distinct event.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "uri"
+        },
+        "type": {
+          "description": "The type of the event.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "content": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Content"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "schema",
+        "id",
+        "source",
+        "type",
+        "content"
+      ],
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+
+    "Content": {
+      "description": "The event content.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "observedTimestamp": {
+          "description": "The timestamp when the data has been observed. The expected format is 'yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ'. Ex: '2020-12-01T00:00:00.000+0000'  ",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "dataspaceName": {
+          "description": "The name of CPS Core dataspace the data belongs to.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "schemaSetName": {
+          "description": "The name of CPS Core schema set the data adheres to.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "anchorName": {
+          "description": "The name of CPS Core anchor the data is attached to.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "data": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Data"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "timestamp",
+        "dataspaceName",
+        "schemaSetName",
+        "anchorName",
+        "data"
+      ],
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+
+    "Data": {
+      "description": "Data as json object.",
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
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