# Architectural Contract Kernel

> For any programmatic system, identify architectural concerns, define explicit contracts for each concern, bind implementations to those contracts, validate invariants, observe behavior, and evolve through versioned change.

Record: `algorithms:architectural-contract-kernel`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-architectural-contract-kernel
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/architectural-contract-kernel/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Document Truth Alignment](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/document-truth-alignment.md) and before [Responsibility Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/responsibility-boundary.md).

## Domain

- [Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/architecture.md)

## Tier

- [leaf](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-leaf.md)

## Composed by

- [Consumer Config SSOT](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/consumer-config-ssot.md)

## Math type

- [Computation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-computation.md)

## Force

- [Causality ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/causality-ordering.md)
- [Contract compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/contract-compatibility.md)
- [Correctness verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/correctness-verification.md)
- [Security governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/security-governance.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-architecture.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)