# ✍️ Introducing Derivative Event Sourcing for Kafka - Anna McDonald

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/introducing-derivative-event-sourcing-for-kafka-anna-mcdonald/133>\
**Category:** Architecture and Design\
**Created:** [16 November 2020 17:37 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/introducing-derivative-event-sourcing-for-kafka-anna-mcdonald/133 "2020-11-16T17:37:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [16 November 2020 17:37 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/introducing-derivative-event-sourcing-for-kafka-anna-mcdonald/133/1 "2020-11-16T17:37:40Z")

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> **[Introducing Derivative Event Sourcing for Kafka](https://www.confluent.io/blog/event-sourcing-vs-derivative-event-sourcing-explained/)**
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> Learn about traditional event sourcing vs. derivative event sourcing, in which the latter derives events from something that has been observed. This differs from the more common practice of emitting events directly from the service where the event...