# Architecture Criteria

> The requirement that explicit criteria define what a review judges an architecture against.

Record: `lexicon:architecture-criteria`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-architecture-criteria

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Analysis Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/analysis-overhead.md) and before [Architecture Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/architecture-drift.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Required by

- [Architecture Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architecture-review.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)