diff --git a/feathr_project/feathr/registry/_feathr_registry_client.py b/feathr_project/feathr/registry/_feathr_registry_client.py
index 1b9191fbd..a70cd5e20 100644
--- a/feathr_project/feathr/registry/_feathr_registry_client.py
+++ b/feathr_project/feathr/registry/_feathr_registry_client.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def dict_to_source(v: dict) -> Source:
                                 registry_tags=v["attributes"].get("tags", {}))
     elif type == "kafka":
         # print('v["attributes"]', v["attributes"])
-        kafka_config = KafkaConfig(brokers=v["attributes"]["brokers"], topics=v["attributes"]["topics"], schema=AvroJsonSchema(schemaStr= v["attributes"]["schema"]))
+        kafka_config = KafkaConfig(brokers=v["attributes"].get("brokers", []), topics=v["attributes"].get ("topics", []), schema=AvroJsonSchema(schemaStr= v["attributes"].get("schemaStr", "")))
         source = KafKaSource(name=v["attributes"]["name"], kafkaConfig=kafka_config, registry_tags=v["attributes"].get("tags", {}))
     elif type == "generic":
         options = v["attributes"].copy()
diff --git a/feathr_project/feathr/registry/registry_utils.py b/feathr_project/feathr/registry/registry_utils.py
index 081a32682..7f347d278 100644
--- a/feathr_project/feathr/registry/registry_utils.py
+++ b/feathr_project/feathr/registry/registry_utils.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def source_to_def(source: Source) -> dict:
             "type": "kafka",
             "brokers":source.config.brokers,
             "topics":source.config.topics,
-            "schema":source.config.schema.schemaStr
+            "schemaStr":source.config.schema.schemaStr
         }
         print("ret is", ret)
     elif isinstance(source, SnowflakeSource):
diff --git a/registry/purview-registry/registry/models.py b/registry/purview-registry/registry/models.py
index cb4686719..871ff7619 100644
--- a/registry/purview-registry/registry/models.py
+++ b/registry/purview-registry/registry/models.py
@@ -434,6 +434,9 @@ def __init__(self,
                  name: str,
                  type: str,
                  path: str = None,
+                 brokers: List[str] = None,
+                 topics: List[str] = None,
+                 schema_str: str = None,
                  preprocessing: Optional[str] = None,
                  event_timestamp_column: Optional[str] = None,
                  timestamp_format: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -442,6 +445,9 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.name = name
         self.type = type
         self.path = path
+        self.brokers = brokers
+        self.topics = topics
+        self.schema_str = schema_str
         self.preprocessing = preprocessing
         self.event_timestamp_column = event_timestamp_column
         self.timestamp_format = timestamp_format
@@ -459,6 +465,12 @@ def to_dict(self) -> Dict:
             "path": self.path,
             "tags": self.tags,
         }
+        if self.brokers is not None:
+            ret["brokers"] = self.brokers
+        if self.topics is not None:
+            ret["topics"] = self.topics
+        if self.schema_str is not None:
+            ret["schemaStr"] = self.schema_str
         if self.preprocessing is not None:
             ret["preprocessing"] = self.preprocessing
         if self.event_timestamp_column is not None:
@@ -703,7 +715,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  path: str = None,
                  brokers: List[str] = None,
                  topics: List[str] = None,
-                 schema: str = None,
+                 schema_str: str = None,
                  preprocessing: Optional[str] = None,
                  event_timestamp_column: Optional[str] = None,
                  timestamp_format: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -714,7 +726,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.type = type
         self.brokers = brokers
         self.topics = topics
-        self.schema = schema
+        self.schema_str = schema_str
         self.preprocessing = preprocessing
         self.event_timestamp_column = event_timestamp_column
         self.timestamp_format = timestamp_format
@@ -725,6 +737,9 @@ def to_attr(self) -> SourceAttributes:
                                 name=self.name,
                                 type=self.type,
                                 path=self.path,
+                                brokers=self.brokers,
+                                topics=self.topics,
+                                schema_str=self.schema_str,
                                 preprocessing=self.preprocessing,
                                 event_timestamp_column=self.event_timestamp_column,
                                 timestamp_format=self.timestamp_format,
diff --git a/registry/purview-registry/registry/purview_registry.py b/registry/purview-registry/registry/purview_registry.py
index 957c3b017..d14306bfd 100644
--- a/registry/purview-registry/registry/purview_registry.py
+++ b/registry/purview-registry/registry/purview_registry.py
@@ -524,6 +524,12 @@ def _register_feathr_feature_types(self):
 
                 AtlasAttributeDef(
                     name="path", typeName="string", cardinality=Cardinality.SINGLE),
+                AtlasAttributeDef(name="brokers",
+                                  typeName="array<string>", cardinality=Cardinality.SINGLE),
+                AtlasAttributeDef(name="topics",
+                                  typeName="array<string>", cardinality=Cardinality.SINGLE),
+                AtlasAttributeDef(name="schemaStr",
+                                  typeName="string", cardinality=Cardinality.SINGLE),
                 AtlasAttributeDef(name="event_timestamp_column",
                                   typeName="string", cardinality=Cardinality.SINGLE),
                 AtlasAttributeDef(name="timestamp_format",