# Obvious Ownership: A Sensible Humane Registry

DevFeed: [Obvious Ownership: A Sensible Humane Registry](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/obvious-ownership-a-sensible-humane-registry-2098.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//obvious-ownership-humane-registry>)

Published: 2022-01-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Humane Registry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/humane-registry.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [devxp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devxp.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [humane-registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/humane-registry.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [incident-response](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-response.md>), [onboarding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/onboarding.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud describes building a humane registry to make system ownership obvious and easy to consult. The registry supports onboarding, collaboration between teams, staffing discussions, and incident response by showing who owns systems and which teams depend on one another. The article also relates this idea to traditional service directories such as UDDI.

## Source excerpt

Imagine yourself as an engineer who just joined SoundCloud. Besides meeting your colleagues and getting your new laptop, badge, and that...