# Data Semantics

> The requirement that the meaning and dependencies of data be understood before it is decomposed into relations.

Record: `lex:data-semantics`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-data-semantics

## category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## referenced-by

- [Normalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/normalization.md)