# Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems

> The Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems category holds 26 lexicon terms.

Record: `lexicon-category:metadata-self-description-declarative-systems`
Kind: category
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems

Listed in [Term categories](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon-category.md), after [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) and before [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md).

## Terms

- [Excessive Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/excessive-configuration.md)
- [Hardcoded Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hardcoded-behavior.md)
- [Hardcoded Registration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hardcoded-registration.md)
- [Hidden Runtime Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hidden-runtime-behavior.md)
- [Implicit Capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/implicit-capability.md)
- [Opaque API](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/opaque-api.md)
- [Opaque Binary/Untyped Structures](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/opaque-binary-untyped-structures.md)
- [Client Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/client-generation.md)
- [Dynamic Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-processing.md)
- [HATEOAS-style Navigation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hateoas-style-navigation.md)
- [Plugin Loading](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/plugin-loading.md)
- [Reduced Boilerplate](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reduced-boilerplate.md)
- [Runtime Configuration without Code Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-configuration-without-code-change.md)
- [Manifest](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/manifest.md)
- [Manifest Schema](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/manifest-schema.md)
- [Metadata Schema](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/metadata-schema.md)
- [Explicit Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicit-semantics.md)
- [Stable Conventions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stable-conventions.md)
- [Declaration Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/declaration-drift.md)
- [Dynamic Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-complexity.md)
- [Explicitness](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/explicitness.md)
- [Manifest Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/manifest-drift.md)
- [Metadata Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/metadata-drift.md)
- [Payload Verbosity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/payload-verbosity.md)
- [Self-Description](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/self-description.md)
- [Size Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/size-overhead.md)