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Added producer, consumer and intermediate to terminology section.
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Finished the definitions of source, producer, consumer and intermediary.
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Source as the context of the occurence
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Expand Up @@ -98,6 +98,30 @@ types of information: the [Data](#data) representing the Occurrence and
[Context](#context) metadata providing contextual information about the
Occurrence.

#### Producer

The "producer" is a specific instance, process or device that creates the data
structure describing the CloudEvent.

#### Source

The "source" is the context in which the occurrence happened. In a distributed
system it might consist of multiple [Producers](#producer). If a source is not
aware of CloudEvents, an external producer creates the CloudEvent on behalf of
the source.

#### Consumer

A "consumer" receives the event and acts upon it. It uses the context and data
to execute some logic, which might lead to the occurrence of new events.

#### Intermediary

An "intermediary" receives a message containing an event for the purpose of
forwarding it to the next receiver, which might be another intermediary or a
[Consumer](#consumer). A typical task for an intermediary is to route the event
to receivers based on the information in the [Context](#context).

#### Context

Context metadata will be encapsulated in the
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