Definition "Context" cloudevents#86 (cloudevents#92)

* Definition "Context" cloudevents#86 * Update spec.md * picking up Doug's definition per PR discussion Signed-off-by: Clemens Vasters <[email protected]>
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 a specific routing destination.
 
 #### Context
-A set of consistent metadata attributes included with the event about the
-occurrence that tools and developers can rely upon to better handle the event.
-These attributes describe the event and the structure of its data, include
-information about the originating system, and more.
+As described in the Event definition, an Event contains two parts, the data
+representing the Occurrence and additional metadata that provides other
+circumstantial information about the Occurrence (e.g. information about the
+originating system). This additional metadata is referred to as Context data.
+Tools and application code can use this information to identify the
+relationship of Events to aspects of the system or to other Events.
 
 #### Message
 Events are transported from a source to a destination via messages.