# Multiple Competing Models

> Several inconsistent models of the same concept coexisting, so translations between them drift and conflict.

Record: `lex:multiple-competing-models`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-multiple-competing-models

## category

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

## referenced-by

- [Canonical Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/canonical-model.md)