# Self-Describing Systems

> The degree to which a system carries enough metadata to describe its own structure and capabilities at runtime.

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

## category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## referenced-by

- [Introspection](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/introspection.md)