# Payload Verbosity

> The degree to which embedding self-description in responses enlarges their payloads.

Record: `lex:payload-verbosity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-payload-verbosity

## category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## referenced-by

- [Self-Describing API](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/self-describing-api.md)