# Binary Schema Encoding

> A technique for serializing messages in a compact binary format whose schema the reader and writer share.

Record: `lexicon:binary-schema-encoding`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-binary-schema-encoding

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Define Absence Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/define-absence-semantics.md) and before [Schema Registry](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/schema-registry.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## Refactors

- [Schema Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/schema-contract.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)