# Behavior Validation

> The ability to confirm a system behaves as its specification requires.

Record: `lexicon:behavior-validation`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-behavior-validation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Untested Implementation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/untested-implementation.md) and before [Broad Input Exploration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/broad-input-exploration.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## Enabled by

- [Specification-Based Testing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/specification-based-testing.md)

## Linked from

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)