# Architecture Rules

> The requirement that explicit, checkable rules govern how the architecture may be structured and evolved.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Architecture Foundation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/architecture-foundation.md) and before [Assumption-Based Judgment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/assumption-based-judgment.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Architectural Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architectural-consistency.md)

## Linked from

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