# Self-Description and Discovery

> Require components, services, APIs, plugins, and runtime structures to declare metadata, capabilities, contracts, dependencies, configuration, and health so they can be discovered and validated.

Record: `algo:self-description-and-discovery`
Kind: arch-relationships
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algo-self-description-and-discovery
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algo/self-description-and-discovery/closure