# Introducing the Elastic Common Schema (ECS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/introducing-the-elastic-common-schema-ecs/175039 "2019-04-02T17:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elyssaemrich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elyssaemrich/32/91252_2.png) [@elyssaemrich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elyssaemrich)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/introducing-the-elastic-common-schema-ecs/175039/1 "2019-04-02T17:30:23Z")
**Introducing the Elastic Common Schema (ECS)** Data meets its match(maker). The newly available Elastic Common Schema supports uniform data modeling, so you can centrally analyze data from diverse sources in the Elastic Stack. The Elastic Common Schema (ECS) defines a common set of fields and naming guidelines for ingesting data into Elasticsearch, helping you correlate data from diverse vendors and technologies (e.g., Apache web logs, Cisco NetFlow, Tanium endpoint events). Join our [upcoming webinar](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/introducing-the-elastic-common-schema?blade=tw&hulk=social) to learn more. > **[Elastic Common Schema (ECS): The Common Event Model for Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/blog/introducing-the-elastic-common-schema)** > > Introducing the Elastic Common Schema (ECS), a new specification that provides a consistent and customizable way to structure your data in Elasticsearch, helping machine learning jobs be applied more broadly, searches be crafted more narrowly, and... Other resources include: [Press Release](https://www.elastic.co/about/press/elastic-introduces-elastic-common-schema-ecs-to-enable-uniform-data-modeling) [ECS GitHub Repository](https://github.com/elastic/ecs) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/introducing-the-elastic-common-schema-ecs/175039/2 "2022-11-04T07:01:59Z")