# Adding domain owners

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You can assign owners to your domains to provide context of who owns this domain and how to contact them.

Owners in EventCatalog are either [**users**](/docs/development/guides/owners/users/introduction.md) or [**teams**](/docs/development/guides/owners/teams/introduction.md) and are **optional**.

## Adding owners to a domain[​](#adding-owners-to-a-domain "Direct link to Adding owners to a domain")

To add owners to a domain you need to add them to the `owners` array within your domain frontmatter API.

/domains/Orders/index.mdx (example)

```
---
id: PaymentDomain
... # other domain frontmatter
owners:
    - dboyne # represents a user
    - webTeam # represents a team
---

<!-- Markdown contents... -->
```

Assigning owners to your domains can provide others with context of who owns this domain and how to contact them.