Publications are entities that define how applications publish data to
Data Integration Hub
. Publication definitions can include the type, format, and schedule of data publication. Publications publish data to topics. Multiple publications can publish to the same topic. The topic defines the structure to which the data is published.
You create and edit publications in the
Data Integration Hub
Operation Console. During the configuration you choose the topic to which to publish the data. The steps that you take when you configure a publication depend on the publication type.