# Directed Dependencies

> The requirement that dependencies point in one direction only, forming no cycles.

Record: `lex:directed-dependencies`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-directed-dependencies

## category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## referenced-by

- [Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/directed-acyclic-graph.md)