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sidebar_position: 1
keywords:
- EventCatalog services
- users
sidebar_label: What are users?
title: Understanding users
description: What are users in EventCatalog?
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In EventCatalog you can assign users or owners to domains, services or messages.

A user represents a person.

### Users in EventCatalog

- Users live in the `/users` folder.
- Users can own domains, services or messages.

![Example](../../img/users/example.png)
